Millipede ( I think )...

Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
edited May 23, 2007 in Wildlife
My first post on the forums, but I hope to add a good few of my images (I'm still learning the trade as it were...)


This is I think a millipede, taken on my 400D with the Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens at f/14.0, hand-held at 1/30sec @ ISO 400.


Hope someone finds it interesting... :wink


Paul...


millipedeperhaps.jpg


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  • ShepsMomShepsMom Registered Users Posts: 4,319 Major grins
    edited May 22, 2007
    eek7.gif Yikes!! It's always interesting too see these nasty creatures upfront and personal. Thanks for sharing! :D
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  • Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
    edited May 22, 2007
    You're welcome. :)


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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,270 moderator
    edited May 22, 2007
    Millipede. Skippy will correct me if I'm wrong.
    If it was longer, it might be a gigapede.
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  • JenGraceJenGrace Registered Users Posts: 1,229 Major grins
    edited May 22, 2007
    Actually looks like a centipede to me because it has two feet per body segment. Millipedes have four feet per body segment, I think. Interesting picture of an icky creature. :D
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  • Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
    edited May 23, 2007
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    Cheers folks.

    Someone else says its a centipede, though I always thought they were major-league fast with hard shiny bodies.


    Never mind though.

    It's still an ugly beggar up close... wings.gif


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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited May 23, 2007
    nice pic


    soft nasty body sometimes yellowish and sometimes very red usually = centipede
    hard body varying in color and sometimes even multi colored usually = milipede.....

    As far as I know the Mili's are harmless...but he cente's on the other hand are slightly poisonious and can cause the skin to rot where it digs its little legs in.......this could also be an old wives tale....but it wasn't an old wife, nor a y0oung wife...come to think of it wasn't female at all that told me that a couple of hundred years ago :D
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  • SmashtoadSmashtoad Registered Users Posts: 17 Big grins
    edited May 23, 2007
    Centipede
    Hi all,

    It is definately a centipede. As stated earlier in this thread, centipedes have one pair of legs per segment and there are no exceptions. There are several different groups of centipede, and the body proportions can vary a great deal.

    The larger Scolopendromorph centipedes can reach 12" in length and hunt prey as large as small rodents, birds, and reptiles.

    Millipedes are generally regarde as harmless, but they exude noxious material from the posterior that can cause skin irritation and discoloration...not to mention that if inhaled I'm sure it is very nasty.
  • Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
    edited May 23, 2007
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    Gracious me!

    Well in England (here where I live) the centipedes and millipedes are only an inch or two ling, and are totally harmless. The hard bodied shiny centipedes I wouldn't touch with a barge-pole, they are damed fast!


    Thanks for looking everyone and the comments.


    Paul.


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