#flat backed millipede

[onenicebugperday]

Dragon millipede, Desmoxytes planata, Paradoxosomatidae

Native to the Andaman Islands and has been introduced to many places in South and Southeast Asia.

Photo 1 by kyosapir, 2-3 by walk_a_long, 4 by yriassic85, and 5 by phuwarin

#animals #bugs #curators on tumblr #myriapods #millipede #dragon millipede #Desmoxytes planata #flat backed millipede #one nice bug

[jenfoundabug]

Xystocheir dissecta, a species of flat-backed millipede found only in California. They’re fairly common in forest litter around the Bay Area and show up very well with a black light at night. Like many flat-backed millipedes, they produce hydrogen cyanide as a chemical defense against predators.

Here’s the same individual in white light:

#Xystocheir dissecta #flat backed millipede #millipedes #polydesmida #Bay Area wildlife #bugs #nature #nature photography #biodiversity #animals #inaturalist #arthropods #creepy crawlies #fluorescent #gummy worms #biology nerd #zoology #interesting #educational #bugblr #uv light #invertebrates #cyanide #creature #critters #bay area #california

[itsdetachable]

Isopod terrarium 2.0 is set up so it can be ready for the isopods when they come!

The help get thing going, I managed to collect a few baby roly polys (like 3 of them lol) and a handful of flat backed millipedes! I hope the millipedes survive. I'm going to go grab some moss in a bit.

This time around I taped a lot of plastic wrap over most of the air holes to help with moisture and I miiiiight get a humidity measure thingy. Why not.

#isopod terrarium #terrarium #millipede #flat backed millipede

[bytesizeambs]

Watch "Millipede | Georgia Flat-Backed Millipede #shorts #millipede #cutecritters #millipedes #fascinating" on YouTube

We get a ton of these millipedes this time of year. They're definitely fascinating to watch, and learning about their poison was also really neat.

#amberlou #bytesizeambs #youtube #youtube shorts #nature #shorts #bytesizeambs shorts #hiking adventures #millipede #flat backed #flat backed millipede #georgia flat backed millipede #fascinating bugs

[rattyexplores]

Pale Flat-backed Millipede

Unidentified, order Polydesmida

24/03/23 - NSW, Dapto

#Polydesmida #unidentified #Flat-backed Millipedes #Helminthomorpha #Worm-like Millipedes #Diplopoda #Millipedes #Myriapoda #Myriapods #invertebrates #invertblr #Arthropods #Arthropoda #bugs tw #insects #insect #insecta #insectblr #insects tw #bugs #bugblr #bug #entomology

[alienbath]

This is a flat-back millipede, these guys produce hydrogen cyanide and can be freaky to look at but they’re just little guys

(Source: MarkEisingBirding)

#bugs #insects #animals #milipede #flat back milipede #Barydesmus sp #Giant Flat-backed Millipede #Polydesmida

[littlewigglers]

Bark trying to breed?? With Rain and it sure is something to see.

#bug #bugs #insect #insects #millipede #millipedes #I think that’s what’s happening #but I think their species are just too different for it to work out #I can see Rains little face and feelers moving so I don’t think Bark is you know eating them #I think I should get some more flat back millipedes in the future

[goblincreatureofthedeep]

Moar bug, some flat back millipedes, collected while raking leaves.

#pet millipede #millipede #flat back millipede

[maarvaazsinak]

New friends (Polydesmus angustus) found while looking for bugs for bird baby under some turfs stacked up by my parents' shed.

Was very thirsty and came over to get moisture where I added it.

#polydesmusangustus #Flat-backed millipede

[jenisis]

Found a hitchhiker in the Dumpy enclosure. Looks like maybe a Polydesmus? Not versed in myriapods.

#invertebrates #cw bugs #myriapods #Polydesma sp. #millipede #flat-back millipede?

[crevicedwelling]

hi cervical delving, was wondering if you think isopods are more comparable to cows or horses IF we were small enough to milk / ride them. their many pretty patterns remind me of both, honestly. but i dont know much about isopods. i like to imagine owning large fields of them and they also large, but i hate the thought of putting them through the industrial torture cows go through... i understand there is a more comparable cow beast that ants milk, but

in my bugs-as-vertebrate fauna understanding I see isopods as rodents actually; they’re incredibly prolific and numerous where they exist, can eat anything and have these nasty little gnawing mandibles that can cut through whatever they want. being small enough to ride an isopod would be like riding a giant rat & probably either would kick you off its back and then eat you, bones and all. I have seen hungry isopods tear into their molting brethren and fight one another to eat live beetle larvae. they have been known to bite holes into the tarantulas and centipedes people mistakenly cohabitate with them thinking the isopods will “clean up” the enclosure. as soon as the predator molts they’ll clean the enclosure really well. isopods are a menace

millipedes are probably more your speed and I could imagine a relatively peaceful millipede farm with a bunch of big spirobolids munching on a bale of old rotten wood. not sure what you’d milk them for other than benzoquinone defense fluid. or in the case of flat millipedes maybe bottling their cyanide gas for chemical reagents

[onenicebugperday]

@rogueinkglitch submitted: A plethora of friends from Ohio! A lovely mantis who has made its home in the flower garden and is getting bigger by the day, one of the many cicadas who I have been rescuing from the pavement on my college campus, a caterpillar, an absolute stunning centipede, two of the many millipede found in a crevice in a rock face while hiking, a beetle of some kind, another beetle, and a very pretty moth who did a little wiggle dance then went to sleep on my arm for a while before I coaxed her back onto a leaf so I could go inside. Exact ids on any of these babies would be appreciated, all are from Ohio!

Side note you are one of my favorite blogs, most of my friends are not insect fans so I love sharing my finds here where I know a lot of people will enjoy them!

Thank you! I am very glad to receive and coo over any and all bug photos, so you've come to the right place.

In order: Chinese mantis, dog-day cicada, white-marked tussock moth caterpillar, NOT a centipede but rather a black and gold flat millipede, American giant millipede, would need a clearer photo but looks weevil-y?, not a beetle but a leaf-footed bug, and finally idk offhand. Brown mystery moth.

Thanks for sharing all your lovely friends!

#animals #bugs #insects #submission #myriapods #praying mantis #mantid #chinese mantis #cicada #dog day cicada #white marked tussock moth #caterpillar #larva #tussock moth caterpillar #millipede #flat backed millipede #polydesmida #black and gold flat millipede #american giant millipede #beetle #weevil #true bugs #leaf footed bug #moth #long post

[gallusrostromegalus]

aeiwam word search: strange?

It wasn't a bad table, really- Nobody had experience with workbenches and had managed to create a large, flat surface at about chest height to Ichibei and Shinso when they were sitting on the floor beside it. The “table” just also happened to be significantly larger than was practical, and the hundreds of tiny, spindly legs that held it up had gotten ideas about mobility, making the table amble along like a strange, flat-backed millipede that could seat fifty.

God Still Not Clear About Furniture

#AEIWAM word search game

[grumpy-beetle]

Hey!! So I’ve come to tumblr for help with preserving/pinning bugs!! I’m a major taxidermy nerd but this feels very different so I’m not sure where to begin.

I found this dragonfly while cleaning my house and would love to preserve them for photography and display. Just have no idea what to do or wear to begin. Any advice would be amazing!!

Hi there!! What a GORGEOUS dragonfly you found! And big one too! I'm jealous

You've come to the right place though! I've done a good bit of hobby taxidermy in the past and can give you some pointers!

Get yourself some insect pins. You can find these on ebay or amazon I assume. Don't get super long ones, most frames are only about 1-2 inches wide. They're special pins that are thin and sharp. Your choice which ones! (I still have to cut mine down lol)

Find a frame! The term you'll be searching for is going to be 'shadowbox' when looking online. You'll want a fabric backing inside it and enough space between it and the glass to fit your bug. There's special bug frames you can get. I usually go to my local store and get a fabric back crafting frame with a magnetic hinge door.

While you wait to get your pins, your bug is already dry so just keep it away from dust and fracturing. You can clean it with isopropyl on q-tips. Until then! Store in a dry place. (Unless it's a bug that freshly died for you- in that case, off they go into the fridge until they can be pinned.)

You got your pins. Great! Get yourself a container big enough to fit it. Paper towel at the bottom soaked in alcohol/isopropyl. Put another layer between that. Put your bug on top. Put the lid on. This will soften your bug so you can manipulate it. Leave for 24 hours or more.

Now your bug is soft. It won't be nearly as easy as it'd be with a fresh one- so you'll have to be careful with that abdomen. One pin goes through the thorax. That's your main holding pin. Manipulate your bug into place with the rest of the pins.

DO NOT PIN THROUGH THE WINGS. You will want to get a few pieces of cardboard or more styrofoam and stack em under the wings until they can lay flat. Clear piece of plastic (from a box or laminating sheet or something clear) over the wings, and you pin through THAT until it holds the wing tightly in place.

Now just to leave it to dry again! Not in the sun, not over a pure radiator, not anywhere humid. It will take a few weeks. Your bug is dry when you can't move their legs, leave longer for Thiccer bugs. I like to put mine near/atop my geckos heatlamp.

That's pretty much it!

Some bugs need different methods- like millipedes, or stickbugs that need to be gutted and stuffed. But a dragonfly should be good with just drying! Most bugs are.

Here's a picture of my current beetle drying.

Hope that helps!

#rennaissance-painting #bug pinning #tutorial #big pinning guide #taxidermy #entomology #beetle #dragonfly #pebble cameo #insects #insect #bug #bugblr

[kestrels-and-katydids]

Myriapoda Poll Round 1

extra fun stuff!

known by many names (with the one i use being the aromatic cherry millipede), this millipede is infamous for its chemical defense. cherry millipedes secret a cyanide compound that many say smells like maraschino cherries

the eastern bark centipede is pretty recognizable in the eastern united states and mexico due to it's blue-green back. this was the first centipede species observed with sexually dimorphic venom composition.

#cherry millipede #eastern bark centipede #myriapoda #millipedes #diplopoda #centipedes #chilopoda #bugs #arthropods #polls

[rattyexplores]

Strange pyrgodesmid millipedes.

13/01/24 - Pyrgodesmidae sp.

QLD:WET

#nature #invertebrates #invertblr #Arthropods #Arthropoda #unidentified #Pyrgodesmidae #Worm-like Millipedes #Polydesmida #Flat-backed Millipedes #Diplopoda #Millipedes #Myriapoda #Myriapods