#flat back millipede

[goblincreatureofthedeep]

Moar bug, some flat back millipedes, collected while raking leaves.

[onenicebugperday]

Mexican blue flat-backed millipede, Strongylodesmus conspicuus, Polydesmida

Photos by ismaeleduardo-huerta-de-la-barrera

[chameleocoonj]

eastern tent caterpillar + Georgia flat-backed millipede

[alienbath]

This is a flat-back millipede, these guys produce hydrogen cyanide and can be freaky to look at but they’re just little guys

(Source: MarkEisingBirding)

[jenfoundabug]

Xystocheir dissecta, a species of flat-backed millipede found only in California. They’re fairly common in forest litter around the Bay Area and show up very well with a black light at night. Like many flat-backed millipedes, they produce hydrogen cyanide as a chemical defense against predators.

Here’s the same individual in white light:

[bytesizeambs]

Millipede | Georgia Flat-Backed Millipede #shorts #millipede #nature #bytesizeambs #4k

This cutie is a Georgia Flat-Backed Millipede (Cherokia georgiana). They're great at breaking down decaying plants. They're beneficial to our ecosystem. More information on Georgia Flat-Backed Millipedes can be found in the description of this YouTube short.

Also available on TikTok!

[rattyexplores]

Strange pyrgodesmid millipedes.

13/01/24 - Pyrgodesmidae sp.

QLD:WET

[alcnfr]

A Flat-Backed Millipede, possibly (Apheloria montana) from under the chicken's water frisbee this AM...

[littlewigglers]

Bark trying to breed?? With Rain and it sure is something to see.

[itsdetachable]

Isopod terrarium 2.0 is set up so it can be ready for the isopods when they come!

The help get thing going, I managed to collect a few baby roly polys (like 3 of them lol) and a handful of flat backed millipedes! I hope the millipedes survive. I'm going to go grab some moss in a bit.

This time around I taped a lot of plastic wrap over most of the air holes to help with moisture and I miiiiight get a humidity measure thingy. Why not.

[finneasbug]

from yesterday's hike !

(State College, PA 8-18-24)

[onenicebugperday]

Peak body design

A friend!!! Or perhaps a lover?

@onenicebugperday I found this little guy on a walk from the pool to my house!!! A lovely little guy :)

I put him in my backyard :D

[onenicebugperday]

I am visiting my sister in North Carolina, USA, and spotted this cutie pie on my morning walk. Any idea what it is? Thanks so much!

A very lovely flat-backed millipede! Probably Apheloria sp.

[maarvaazsinak]

New friends (Polydesmus angustus) found while looking for bugs for bird baby under some turfs stacked up by my parents' shed.

Was very thirsty and came over to get moisture where I added it.

[crevicedwelling]

do millipedes spray cyanide? i relocated a couple while cleaning my yard and now i'm mildly concerned

the millipedes that release hydrogen cyanide release it as a gas. these include various flat-back millipedes, although there’s plenty of flat-backs that just use a benzoquinone-based fluid defense chemical, which is what many other common millipedes produce (including the round-backed juliforms one often finds in the yard). in either case, you’d need to swallow a millipede for it to do you any great harm.

Apheloria virginiensis is one local to me, and I am guilty of picking them up when on walks in the woods to smell the cyanide: it’s a fragrant scent of almonds or cherries.

cyanide-producing millipedes, since their defense chemical is gaseous, really can’t hurt you unless you’ve already ingested the millipede or are like huffing dozens of them, which would both be probably be actions deserving of consequences.

other millipedes’ liquid chemicals usually just smell foul, like burning rubber. most millipedes under 3-4 cm aren’t going to pack much of a toxic punch at all. some of the larger tropical species in the Spirobolida and Spirostreptida can cause caustic burns if it isn’t washed off soon with detergent or if you have very sensitive skin. I’ve harassed plenty a Narceus and gotten some yellow, later dark purple stains on my hands, but that was the extent of it.

[bytesizeambs]

Watch "Millipede | Georgia Flat-Backed Millipede #shorts #millipede #cutecritters #millipedes #fascinating" on YouTube

We get a ton of these millipedes this time of year. They're definitely fascinating to watch, and learning about their poison was also really neat.