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  1. Bristle millipedes (Polyxenidae) tootling around feeding on crustose lichen. For scale, those are honey locust (_Gleditsia triacanthos_) leaves.

    #LichenSubscribe #millipedes #Myriapoda #Diplopoda #Polyxenidae

  2. The rain has been a boon for the bristle millipedes (Polyxenidae) on the stone slabs of the walkway walls.

    (Bonus oribatid mite.)

    #bugstodon #millipedes #Myriapoda #Diplopoda #Polyxenida #Polyxenidae

  3. Indulged in a late night photoshoot with the bristle millipedes (Polyxenida, probably genus _Polyxenus_) that come out to browse on the stone walls around the garden. Saw the absolute tiniest bristlepede ever!

    For far better close-up pictures, see e.g. BugGuide: bugguide.net/node/view/19106/b

    #bugstodon #myriapods #millipedes #Myriapoda #Diplopoda #Polyxenida #Polyxenidae