Gravity-Defying Millipede

e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
edited March 19, 2015 in Holy Macro
White-legged Snake Millipede Tachypodoiulus niger.

This was coiled up underneath the lid of my compost bin, such that it would be suspended underneath it when the lid was in place. I at first thought the threads indicated an inactive individual. Then it walked away.

I have not found reference to millipedes spinning a web support, although they (and centipedes) do have silk glands. I think ths must be what had happened (strands visible in the image).

My FOV was set for moth flies, at about 5mm, making this a tight fit in the frame.

EM-1, extension, Leitz Photoar 50mm f11 TTL flash, hand-held.

Harold

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Comments

  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2015
    That's cool!
  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2015
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    That's cool!

    Thanks. More millipede images to come soon.

    Harold
  • GattoGatto Registered Users Posts: 413 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2015
    Good one I like it very much
  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2015
    Gatto wrote: »
    Good one I like it very much

    Thanks, Gatto.

    Harold
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