Comments on: narceus millipedes

by: burning silo

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:38:04 +0000

Hi Marc - I don’t know the chemical composition of the Narceus stain, but I’m pretty sure it may have been written about in “Secret Weapons: Defenses of Insects, Spiders, Scorpions, and Other Many-Legged Creatures” by Thomas Eisner, if that’s any help.

by: MARC SEFCIK

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:21:43 +0000

I FOUND YOUR SITE AFTER SEARCHING FOR INFO ON MILLIPEDE STAINS. I WAS MANURE COLLECTING IN THE PASTURE TO FERTILISE THE GARDEN, AND LIKE A CHILD, BEGAN TO PLAY WITH THE MANY MILLIPEDES I FOUND. I BEFRIENDED SIX OF ‘EM, AND IN RETURN, THEY PEED ON ME! MY WIFE THOUGHT THEM HORRIBLE, MY 3 YR OLD SIMPLY LEARNED A BIT OF NATURE. ALL THE BEST! (…STILL DON’T KNOW THE COMPOSITION OF THE LIQUID, OR WHAT IT WOULD DO TO TENDER SKIN, SUCH AS ON THE BELLY, ARMS, OR LEGS.

by: burning silo

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:51:40 +0000

Laiky - Yes, the Narceus millipede has very beautiful coloring when you see it up close. However, from more than a few inches away, it looks sort of brown. When we’re out hiking, we often see them and stop to photograph them. People come up and want to know what we’re looking at. Most have never seen a millipede — which probably explains why we find so many crushed millipedes on the hiking trails! They do have a very timid disposition — not too surprising as their own defense mechanism is to release fluids that probably taste bad to a potential predator.

by: Laiku Oh

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:15:25 +0000

After watching the video, everyone can conclude that the narceus millipedes is a very elongated, fascinating creature with a timid disposition at times!

by: Laiku Oh

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:09:42 +0000

The purplish millipede is so luminous and pretty! I almost thought it was a deformed seashell at first…