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Mother-lode of tufted millipedes - Polyxenus lagurus
Copyright © 2007 Jim McClarin

Mother-lode of tufted millipedes - Polyxenus lagurus
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
January 7, 2007
Size: 0.75 - 3 mm approx.
The body tips to acommodate the terrain. I guess you have to do that when you're loaded with legs. These guys trucked right on up the sides of my clear plastic deli container. I was busy flicking them off with my fine-tipped artist's paintbrush.

You can see in this and other images the fine white setae that came out of the tailpieces of these critters. I think they are an element in their defense system and might be finely barbed like a miniature porcupine. Does anybody know?

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 8 January, 2007 - 8:54pm
Last updated 6 March, 2007 - 8:30pm

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… Jim McClarin, 6 March, 2007 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

Fine Pics!
Don't know about the setae being barbed or not. But on the same note the side tufts look like anemones. I wonder if they are in some way irritating?
… Stephen Schueman, 8 January, 2007 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Stephen.
You're right, they look like they should be crawling around underwater in a tropical sea with the rest of the sea anenomes.
… Jim McClarin, 8 January, 2007 - 9:37pm login or register to post comments

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