Millipede. Macrophotograph of a millipede. Millipedes (class Diplopoda) are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most of their body se

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Millipede. Macrophotograph of a millipede. Millipedes (class Diplopoda) are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most of their body segments. Most are slow-moving detritivores, eating mostly decaying leaves and other dead plant matter. Photographed by the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab: an organisation dedicated to identifying, cataloguing and monitoring bees and other species.

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Photo credit: © US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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