Myriapods: millipedes



	The most common millipedes kept by hobbyists are the various species that are imported under the name "Giant African Black Millipede." It is, unfortunately, almost impossible to accurately identify many species of millipedes, but we are fortunate that a number of interesting and colorful species are coming in. Herper.com's Millipede Pages: Strange and unusual millipedes Orders of Millipedes
			Myriapods Millipedes Centipedes Onychophorans
		Millipede links: Keeping the Giant Black Millipede Keeping Millipedes Le Petit Monde des Invertebres The Yellow-Spotted Millipede in the Pacific Northwest Millipedes: Illinois Natural History Survey (Narceus photo) A Spiral Millipede from Madagascar A Red Millipede from Madagascar A Madagascar Pill Millipede (upside down) A Pill Millipede from Madagascar Developing an IPM strategy for millipedes (Australian) Millipedes as pests Centre international de Myriapodologie A Rainforest Millipede Zebu-eating Millipede (?) Polyxenus lagurus distribution study Millipede anatomy Milli-PEET: Field Museum Diplopoda: a site from Finland Fossil Millipedes Fossil Millipedes

Myriapod publication links (PDF): Bond & Sierwald. 2002. Cryptic speciation in the Anadenobolus excisus millipede species complex on the island of Jamaica. Evolution 56(6): 1123-35. Carrel & Eisner. 1984. Spider sedation induced by defensive chemicals of milliped prey. PNAS 81: 806-10. Eisner, et al. 1998. Rendering the inedible edible: circumvention of a millipede's chemical defense by a predaceous beetle larva (Phengodidae). PNAS 95: 1108-1113. Telford & Webb. 1998. The energetic cost of copulation in a polygynandrous millipede. J Exp. Biol. 201: 1847-9.