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  1. Today I learned about 'snout' millipedes (Siphonophorida), with fuzzy bodies and heads elongated into long beaks!

    Go home, New Zealand, you're drunk.

    #Myriapod #Macrophotography #Diplopoda #SoilEcology #SoilBiodiversity

  2. Wow. Just... Wow.

    This absolute stunner is a 'bristly' or 'pincushion' millipede (order Polyxenida).

    Those distinctive bristles are a defensive structure, as they can break off and get stuck in predators' mouthparts!

    #SoilEcology #Macrophotography #Myriapod #SoilBiodiversity #Millipede #SoilFauna

  3. Symphyla are tiny, fast-moving, unpigmented relatives of centipedes and millipedes, which feed on decaying organic matter and plant roots.

    #SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #Myriapod #Symphyla #MacroPhotography #Mesofauna

  4. CW: Millipede photo

    Forgot to post this creepy crawly I found in the yard the other night. #myriapod #millipede #bugphotography