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Salmon Cherry Millipede

semionellus placidus

The Salmon Cherry Millipede is a fascinating little creature with a colorful body! It loves to explore the forest floor and munch on decaying leaves.

Lebensraum: Moist forest floors, often hiding under logs and leaves.

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The Salmon Cherry Millipede has a distinctive segmented body, often appearing in shades of bright salmon pink or reddish-orange, with darker cherry-red bands or highlights along its sides. Its smooth, cylindrical body helps it stand out from flatter, duller millipede species.

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Salmon Cherry Millipede
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Salmon Cherry Millipede

Kategorie

Invertebrate

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

0/5 · Keine bekannte Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

Baby Salmon Cherry Millipedes hatch with fewer legs and gain more with each shed skin!

Its bright salmon-cherry colors act as a warning: 'I might taste bad!' to hungry predators.

Millipedes are ancient; their ancestors roamed Earth over 400 million years ago!

Unlike insects, millipedes have two pairs of tiny legs on almost every body segment.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Stink Spray

Salmon Cherry Millipedes can release a foul-smelling liquid to deter predators because of glands along their body segments that produce defensive compounds.

Fähigkeit

Armored Coil

Salmon Cherry Millipedes have the ability to curl into a tight spiral, protecting their soft underside because of their hard exoskeleton and flexible segments.

Fähigkeit

Burrow Builder

Salmon Cherry Millipedes can dig through loose soil and leaf litter because their many legs provide powerful pushing force, helping them find shelter and food.

Maße und Details

Body Length
3.5 cm
Gewicht
0.3 g
Lebenserwartung
5 Jahre
Number Of Legs
100
Number Of Segments
50
Speed Cm
0.5 cm/s

Ernährung und Fütterung

This millipede is a tidy eater, munching on decaying leaves and wood to recycle nutrients.

Hauptnahrung

  • decaying leaves
  • rotting wood
  • fungi
  • moist plant matter

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

A food source for this common woodland bird.

eaten by

Masked Shrew

Sorex cinereus

Preyed upon by shrews foraging in leaf litter.

depends on

Northern Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Feeds on decaying leaves and wood from these trees.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Cherry MillipedeRainbow MillipedeSalmon Millipede

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

0/5 · Keine bekannte Gefahr

Noch keine besonderen Sicherheitshinweise.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das body Length von Salmon Cherry Millipede?

3.5 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Salmon Cherry Millipede?

0.3 g

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Salmon Cherry Millipede?

5 Jahre

Was frisst Salmon Cherry Millipede?

This millipede is a tidy eater, munching on decaying leaves and wood to recycle nutrients.

Wo findet man Salmon Cherry Millipede normalerweise?

Moist forest floors, often hiding under logs and leaves.

Wie jagt Salmon Cherry Millipede?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das number Of Legs von Salmon Cherry Millipede?

100

Was ist der/die/das number Of Segments von Salmon Cherry Millipede?

50

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