What Kind of Millipedes Are Out There?

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The greenhouse milipede is native to east asia, and it has since spread to every continent except antarctica. Millipedes can have spots and stripes of yellow, red, orange, bright colorful coloration. They come in every collar under the rainbow. There are green millipedes, blue millipedes. I've seen these just minumingly beautiful, like, violet, purple milipeds. And this is a species near knoxville, tennessee. It's just gorgeous. That's what really made it all click for me, nose. Yes, this is what i'm going to do for the rest of my life.

How many legs? Why so many legs? What's a millipede versus a centipede? And again WHY SO MANY LEGS. We have just the guy for that: Diplopodologist Dr. Derek Hennen. As a person who’s spent over a decade sorting through leaf litter and naming scores of new species, Derek is truly a champion for the multi-limbed little critters. If you liked what Casey Clapp brought to Dendrology, get ready to appreciate millipedes like you never thought you would. Also: mythology gossip, world records, Taylor Swift fandom, and sniffing bugs.

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A donation was made to Lower Muskingum Conservancy

Millipedes of Ohio Field Guide PDF

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