Fight to the death? Or...

3 years 1 month ago - 3 years 1 month ago #712634 by Paul Iddon
So, millipedes are primarily detritivores. Unlike centipedes which are carnivorous and kill their prey by injecting them with venom.

So is this just a fight to the death, or is it a mating ritual?

Common garden species of this type are from the Orders Chordeumatida and Polydesmida. The false flat-backed millipede Nanogona polydesmoides is in the first order, and the large British and Irish population is globally
important, and the only other country where it is common is western
France. These two are I think  the common flat-back Polydesmus coriaceus?













Paul.


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3 years 1 month ago #712662 by peterock33
I see you got a portrait out of the last one.:lol:   Nice shots and interesting facts.  Did you stick around to see the end result? 


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3 years 1 month ago #712681 by Paul Iddon

peterock33 wrote: I see you got a portrait out of the last one.:lol:   Nice shots and interesting facts.  Did you stick around to see the end result? 


Thanks Pete.

I relocated them to the garden waste - so I expect they will happily carry on until the deed is done...

Paul.


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3 years 1 month ago #712801 by Bobby Mitchell
The last three shots are the most successful! The first ones are a bit off in focus. 


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3 years 1 month ago #712810 by Paul Iddon
Thanks Bobby  :)

Paul.


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3 years 1 month ago #712956 by alcon12345
Nice series, especially the last image.  Love the details.


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3 years 1 month ago #712957 by Paul Iddon
Thank you - we get a few flat millipedes in England as well the more typical rounded body ones.

Paul.


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