Charleston360 #65

September 18, 2014  •  Leave a Comment

#65

The North American Millipede.  This fella was about as big as my finger.  I have been wanting to find one of these!  They are actually quite common around here, but I have not seen one until this day.  Their habitat is in the cool moist decaying shadows of the woods.  Despite having four legs per segment (except for the first segment), they move very slowly.

And contrary to what my sister told me, they are a little cute.  I had a hard time not bringing this one home as a pet.  Though, I'm quite certain my husband would not have found him as interesting as I did.

There ya go lil buddy, run free!... er, well, slowly crawl free!


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