Millipede Lab

A flyer for Myriapod Meet-Up 2026. The flyer has a picture of a millipede on it. The millipede is tan and has a cone-shaped head.

Myriapod Meet Up 2026 will be on 1 April, 8AM - 5PM (EDT). This online event will include short talks, and a chance to share and discuss research about myriapods (and other multipedes, e.g. Onychophora). Anyone may participate in this free event (no need to give a talk).

A beautiful Malagasy pill millipede

isopods wish they had as much pure swag as a pill millipede 🩵💛

Experienced identifier, thirty_legs, on @inaturalist.bsky.social has done 80,000 identifications—mostly earthworms! 🤯 Kudos!

(P.S., if you're ever trying to get an earthworm identification, be sure to take photos of the many angles you see in this thread!)

According to experienced earthworm-identifier thirty_legs on iNaturalist, this species is "unique in their soil-feeding habit and pale color in a genus of mostly red, litter/wood-eating forest worms." There are currently only 2 iNaturalist observations on record!

Traditional sketchbook drawing of a millipede in the shape of an infinity symbol in black and red. It's a little messy and has so, so many wiggly legs. Tiny handwriting says "infinipede?" and "oh what if it was RAINBOW" nearby. Dated November 2021.

Two work-in-progress shots of a millipede design made to look like an infinity symbol. Its body is curling around so both the stripes on its back and its many legs can be seen getting drawn in. The top only has some of the back stripes and part of the legs cleaned up. The bottom has all the back stripes and legs partly transparent to check against a sketched-over guide for the general curve of the body.

Photo of two vinyl stickers of stylized millipedes posed to resemble infinity symbols. Both have metallic color areas for their legs and between their black body segments - the top is rainbow, the bottom is red. They are on a brown-grey background. Text reads "Shop.Mothmonar.ch"

Several infinity symbol shaped millipede stickers with metallic red stripes are fanned out on a wood floor.

Mess around and make something, millipede edition!

Subterranean ecosystems are key to water, climate, biodiversity & culture. But to what extent?

As part of @biodiversa.eu DarCo we demonstrate that they contribute to 75% of classified ecosystem services. Read OA in Biol Rev:

doi.org/10.1002/brv....

Illustration @jmalumbresolarte.bsky.social

UVライトを当てると、まるで蒼炎のよう。

ウエノオビヤスデ

a white hairy millipede with parenthesis shaped eyes

Trichopetalum (asparagoid) has more observations than Trichopetalum (millipede) so every time I’ve uploaded one I put it on as the plant because that comes up first and I had to go fix it. this little beebee deserves better than identity theft

Cool observation. Maybe Rettenmeyeria or Calymmodesmus (Polydesmida, Pyrgodesmidae). There is a paper by Rettenmeyer that says the millipedes follow the chemical trails and the ants even carry them along. They suggest that the millipedes may be beneficial to the ants. www.jstor.org/stable/25083...

Flatbacked #millipede I think, cruising unmolested amidst this #ant colonynon the move in Costa Rica. A #parasite, I guess?

fanciful illustration of a Uriunceustreptus millipede, patterned with colorful squares in stripes of reddish brown and dark blue

U is for Uriunceustreptus

Close-up of a curled desert millipede on soil and a stretched millipede on concrete, highlighting their role as natural decomposers.

As we get ready to walk into the #NewYear, many people have a tradition walking around the neighborhood to reflect. One of the most abundant number of feet you’ll find anywhere in the city is on the Desert Millipede.

#WildlifeWednesday | #OneAlbuquerque

how about a little candy cane feather pede on this Christmas Day!

the same little bug is closer to the camera, showing its branched antennae

beeby

Four color morphs of the millipede species Apheloria uwharrie. One has three yellow spots, two have red stripes, and one has two yellow spots.

Introducing one of the newest species of millipedes, the colorful Apheloria uwharrie, from the Uwharrie Mountains of North Carolina. More about this species and others in its genus is in our revision in Zootaxa — www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...

🥰 Forget about #scientific forums: nothing beats grabbing the attention of a few dozens of 16-year-olds!

📸 Yesterday, me & colleagues at @pensoft.net visited the Izzi Science school in Bulgaria to introduce the next generation to #scholarlypublishing & #scicomm and their role in #society & policy!

Congratulations @apheloria.bsky.social & @allbugsgotokevin.bsky.social

Today’s NYT mini crossword had a clue about eumillipes persephone! #myriapods #millipede

depigmented, blind insect relative with beadlike antennae and dark, pincerlike terminal cerci, crawling over pink granite

pretty japygid dipluran from our recent collecting expedition, this one from near Kaweah in the CA southern Sierran foothills

I love the beadlike antennae, and the splayed posture

one common name is "forcepstails", but these are unrelated to "earwigs"

UITOTO for taxonomy. Get your molecular diagnoses right without coding or breaking a sweat! Use state-specific, contrastive DMCs instead of fuzzy consensus barcodes!
🪰🦋🪱🦎🦀🐌🦉
doi.org/10.1101/2025...

A macro photograph of a male Alaskan millipede, Litiulus alaskanus, rearing up on a stick

It’s #myriapodmonday!

Did you know there are #millipedes in #Alaska? The Alexander Archipelago and Kodiak Island are the northern and western limits of millipedes in North America.

Litiulus alaskanus
#entomology #bugs #nature #photography #macro

The logo of the 20th International Congress of Myriapodology, which will be held this summer in Serbia. The image is a logo with a stylized millipede in red (dorsally) and blue (ventrally).

Thanks to all the myriapod and velvetworm researchers for joining us on Tuesday for the Myriapod Meet Up 2025! There were 98 participants from 27 countries. It was awesome to see everyone and hear about your fascinating research! Looking forward to seeing folks in person this summer at ICM!

An announcement image for Biodiversity Media Grants 2025 featuring a vibrant close-up photo of a multicolored chameleon on a branch against a blurred green background. The text describes EJN's grant program offering €10,000-12,000 to organizations for biodiversity reporting projects. The deadline "APPLY BY MARCH 30, 2025" appears in white text on a green banner. The Earth Journalism Network logo is visible at the bottom. The image combines professional typography with nature photography, using a green color scheme that complements the biodiversity theme.

Biodiversity Media Grants 2025 – approaching deadline! 🌍🧪

@earthjournalism.bsky.social is offering grants (up to €12k) to media organizations from low- or middle-income countries to boost #biodiversity reporting.

Deadline: 📅 March 30, 2025

🔗Apply 👉 loom.ly/oll1WRE

Close-up of a jumping spider on a brown surface. The spider has prominent black eyes and a hairy body with a mix of light and dark patterns. Its front legs are slightly raised.

Arthropod Photo of the Week: March 26, 2025
Montane paradise jumping spider
Habronattus altanus
Araneae: Salticidae
By Marshal Hedin (@mhedin.bsky.social), California, USA
#arthropodPOTW

Shaky footage but here's a few seconds of a Bristly Millipede (Polyxenus lagurus) gliding across a lichen covered wall at Hethel church today.

a cream-colored millipede with beadlike body segments, with pink on the margins and the tip of the fairly long legs

an orange millipede with beadlike body segments, with a dark stripe on the back and yellow legs

Opisthodolichopus scandens is an arboreal millipede that’s easy to find in Singapore. I’m confused by their apparent sexual dimorphism—aren’t polydesmidan millipedes all blind? Who are these signals for?

See How Butterfly Numbers Are Dropping Near You Populations are falling in the United States, a new study has found. Look up what’s happening in your area.

In 20 years, the U.S. has lost 22% of its butterflies, a groundbreaking new study found. Look up population changes in your area here.

Un milpiés del Orden Chordeumatida

Qué poco sabemos de la naturaleza que nos rodea...

Os presento a Ceratosphys dissensionis, una nueva especie de milpiés que hemos descubierto en el abedular de Somosierra, Madrid (ES). Acaba de publicarse el trabajo aquí: sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiqu...

Tantas especies y tan poco tiempo...

have fun in those caves. if you find some male Pseudotremia, we could do a photo shoot in the lab. there aren't enough good photos of them.