Flat-Backed Millipedes
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Flat-Backed Millipedes
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Flat-Backed Millipedes are fascinating creatures that love to curl up in tight spaces. They have many tiny legs that help them move around quickly in their habitats!
Hábitat: They live in damp forests, gardens, and under leaf litter.
Aspecto
The Flat-Backed Millipedes has a distinctly flattened body, giving it a broad, ribbon-like appearance. They often display drab colors like brown or black, sometimes with striking yellow or orange markings along their sides. This flat shape helps them squeeze into narrow crevices.
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Categoría
InvertebrateRareza
Common
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Datos interesantes
Baby millipedes are born with only a few legs, growing more with each time they shed their skin.
Flat-backed millipedes have a special breathing pore on almost every body segment.
Some Flat-Backed Millipedes can glow in the dark, lighting up the forest floor at night!
Their bright yellow or orange markings often warn predators that they taste very bad!
Habilidades especiales
Habilidad
Chemical Shield
Flat-Backed Millipedes can release foul-smelling or toxic chemicals because of glands on their sides that deter predators.
Habilidad
Armored Segments
Flat-Backed Millipedes have tough, overlapping segments that help them protect their soft underside from attacks.
Habilidad
Crevice Crawler
Flat-Backed Millipedes has a low-profile body that helps them squeeze into tight spaces under bark and rocks for safety.
Medidas y detalles
- Length Mm
- 10-120 mm
- Weight Mg
- 50-5000 mg
- Num Segments
- 19-30
- Num Legs
- 40-200
Dieta y alimentación
These tiny clean-up crew members eat dead plants, helping return nutrients to the soil.
Alimentos principales
- decaying leaves
- rotting wood
- fungi
- decomposing plant matter
Método de búsqueda
- Foraging
Conexiones ecológicas
eaten by
Ground Beetle
Carabus nemoralis
Ground beetles are known predators of various invertebrates.
eaten by
Wood Ant
Formica rufa
Some ant species prey on smaller invertebrates like millipedes.
eaten by
Torrent Frog
Hylodes asper
Amphibians often feed on forest floor invertebrates.
depends on
Common Oak
Quercus robur
Feeds on fallen leaves and decaying wood from oak trees.
Rasgos
Excavador
Los animales excavadores cavan túneles y cámaras en el suelo y utilizan estas estructuras subterráneas para refugiarse, cazar o reproducirse.
Herbívoro
Este rasgo caracteriza a los organismos cuya dieta consiste total o principalmente en material vegetal.
Bosque
Los hábitats boscosos son entornos terrestres dominados por una densa cubierta arbórea, que sustentan una gran diversidad de vida animal y vegetal.
Descomponedor
Describe a los organismos que descomponen la materia orgánica muerta, reciclando los nutrientes de vuelta al ecosistema.
Nocturno
Los animales nocturnos están principalmente activos durante la noche, y suelen descansar o dormir durante el día.
También conocido como
Flat MillipedeGarden MillipedeWood Millipede
Colecciones
Seguridad
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Preguntas frecuentes
¿Qué tamaño tiene Flat-Backed Millipedes?
10-120 mm
¿Cuánto pesa Flat-Backed Millipedes?
50-5000 mg
¿Qué come Flat-Backed Millipedes?
These tiny clean-up crew members eat dead plants, helping return nutrients to the soil.
¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Flat-Backed Millipedes?
They live in damp forests, gardens, and under leaf litter.
¿Cómo caza Flat-Backed Millipedes?
Foraging
¿Cuál es el num Segments de Flat-Backed Millipedes?
19-30
¿Cuál es el num Legs de Flat-Backed Millipedes?
40-200
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