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bristle millipede, why not

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

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

(Bonus oribatid mite.)

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Video of tiny tiny baby bristle millipede!

More about these charming creatures: https://earthlingnature.wordpress.com/2022/08/12/friday-fellow-bristly-millipede/
Carpet beetle larvae, which they might be confused with: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120113-Anthrenus-verbasci/browse_photos?term_id=1&term_value_id=6

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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: https://bugguide.net/node/view/19106/bgimage

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hey does anyone need any bristle millipedes (Polyxenidae)? i found where they're keeping them all

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The final pic relating to this slime mold scene is of a bristly millipede (Polyxenus lagurus, I think), a group I had never heard of before. They have detachable rear bristles that apparently function like grappling hooks and can be deployed against ants and spiders. Details of that in linked paper if you need more. #millipedes #Diplopoda #Polyxenidae #arthropods #nature #biology
https://www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.93.20.10848.