Category Archive for 'Millipedes'

the great millipede mystery

Friday, March 10th, 2006

Over the past three summers, I’ve happened across the remains of several millipedes which (at least to me), seem to have expired under mysterious circumstances. The species, Sigmoria (Rudiloria) trimaculata trimaculata (Wood), is flat-bodied with segments that resemble some form of armor. Unlike the round-bodied Narceus species, these Sigmoria have far fewer legs […]

narceus millipedes

Friday, February 24th, 2006

Today, I added a couple of new pages about Narceus millipedes to my Magick Canoe website. I used a collection of favourite photos of millipedes taken over the past couple of years. I also included a 15 second movie (640kb) of a millipede walking on top of a log — it’s a bit […]