#pillipede

[cainhowlett]

Mini pillipede portraits, enjoy

[ly207]

some of the guys I found today

a pillipede that seemed to like my finger alot

a european peacock butterfly bathing in the sun

a crab spider

and an ant queen

[the-deceived-deceiver]

Dances

[futurebird]

How to woo a girl with many legs.

When pill millipedes (pillipedes) mate the male sings a little song to get the female to uncurl. (Their response to most things is to curl up. ) The sounds are called stridulations made by rubbing parts of the exoskeleton together. "cricricricricri"

Pill millipedes are large short millipedes that can curl up. They are different from "potato bugs" (isopods.) Isopods, like the kind we have in our back yards in North America are crustaceans. Pill millipedes are, well, millipedes, and related to long millipedes and centipedes.

Eight photos of various pill milipedes in different colors and patterns. Some are black, some light green with yellow stripes. They range in size from about the size of a pea to the size of a billiards ball. Some are shiny and some matte. A large one rests in a human hand.

Six more photos of pill millipedes, brown, speckled gray, blue, orange and more stripes. Some are curled up. Some are walking land pill-shaped.

(Photo source: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312498514_The_Giant_Pill-Millipedes_order_Sphaerotheriida_-_An_annotated_species_catalogue_with_morphological_atlas_and_list_of_apomorphies_Arthropoda_Diplopoda) PS. They do not make good pets. No one knows how to breed them in captivity and there was some concern about the exotic pets trade driving them to extinction. So, until they can be captive bred do not consider buying one so they can stay abundant and diverse in the wild.

[brolookatthatcoolanimal]

Who's that pillbug? Wait a minute.. (swipe over!) That's no pillbug--it's a pill #millipede! (Found by @frozenduskstudio and I at the Fox Glacier glowworm forest, #NewZealand) #pillipede #exploreTinyWorlds --- #macro #macrophotography #naturePhotography #wildlifephotography #invert_macro #arthropodMacro https://www.instagram.com/p/B39w47JHKC7/?igshid=gq9x7ybasoap