Platydesmus Species 3 Platydesmid Group, Species 1 and 2 (Boston, Barnett) Platydesmid Species 2 (Boston, Barnett) Pura Vida- Costa Rican greeting- means literally PURE LIFE. Okay, I may have some dates wrong here, but forgive me. It was around 2005 when I received a photo of a strange millipede- from my great friend...
categories: Diplopda
Diplo Dance We covered the Polydesmids earlier at NaturalistGuy, but here NG caught a pair in mating embrace, having no problem continuing their march along, as millipedes are so famous for doing. I’m not positive where the male is here, but I’d hazard a guess that it is the male that is dragging along the female. ...
categories: Diplopda
Polydesmid Millipedes Mating Close up of Millipede Head Millipdes, Class Diplopoda, are an arthropod that can trace their ancestry back to more then 300 million years. There may be as many as 80,000 species on the plant according to some refernces. They vary from just a few millimeters to species that can many inches long. ...
categories: Diplopda
