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They provide the mites with a home and food, and the mites keep the millipede’s exoskeleton clean by eating debris off of it. These mites are harmless to people. • There are over 1000 species of millipedes worldwide. • One way to distinguish a millipede from a centipede is by the number of legs and segments. Centipedes have 1 pair of legs per segment and legs emerge from the sides of each segment. North American Millipedes are one of many species of millipedes in our area. This species grows quite large, over three inches long. They have rounded, segmented bodies and many legs. They are usually black, with pink, purple, or yellow on the edges of segments. Each segment of the millipede has four legs (two pair), except for the first three segments, which only have two legs (one pair). Millipedes have long, cylindrical bodies with 2 pairs of legs on each segment. New segments and pairs of legs are added each time the millipede sheds. Since it continues to grow and shed throughout its lifetime, it s impossible to say how many legs a millipede has without counting. Most millipedes are nocturnal and are primarily scavengers, feeding on decaying plants and occasionally dead insects. In the autumn, millipedes are known to migrate in great numbers. Renee Renée. Lizotte centipedes are arthropods that have elongated bodies with one pair of legs per. Segment they range in size from less than an inch to several. Inches the giant desert centipede is usually 6 to 8 (inches 15 to 20) cm, long while the common desert centipede is 4 to 5 (inches 10 to 13) cm. long Also most millipedes are nocturnal. They are generally speaking harmless but most species have a series of metathoracic glands which produce a repellent substance which they can exude when they feel threatened. In some larger species this fluid can be corrosive and cause blistering of the skin in large doses. Copyright, William R. Elliot. North American Millipedes are one of many species of millipedes in our area. This species grows quite large, over three inches long. They have rounded, segmented bodies and many legs. They are usually black, with pink, purple, or yellow on the edges of segments. Each segment of the millipede has four legs (two pair), except for the first three segments, which only have two legs (one pair).
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are millipedes nocturnal