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tfauthor.bsky.social
Hey @beleth-gnat.bsky.social drew me a picture of The Millipede! Go check her art out!

And go read Diplopoda Dawn for free if you want to know his origin story as #2 to The Centipede.
A blonde man with a receding hairline flips you off with a cigarette in desperate need of ashing. He is wearing a suit with ethereal cigarettes behind him.
January 15, 2026 at 4:39 PM
diplopodracer.bsky.social
Quick shot of an Ivory millipede juvenile (Chicobolus spinigerus "Miami, FL") half coiled up just kind of chilling.

#invertefest #invertebrates #millipedes #diplopoda #m43 #photography
A macro shot of a juvenile millipede showing its head and the front 1/5th of the animal. It is white with white legs and a pinkish/tan head. The back of the millipede has darker brown which is barely showing the edge of in the photo.
December 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
spidermax3000.bsky.social
Merry #crustmas!! Let #invertefest begin!
Wood louse - Order: Isopoda
#Millipede - Class: Diplopoda
(Shot near Cincinnati 3-14-25) 🦀🪲🪳 #photography #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animal #invertebrate #crustacean #isopod
A wild isopod and a millipede sharing space on the sand and sort of forming a heart shape together
December 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
diplopodracer.bsky.social
A couple Benoitolus sp. "Khao Sok" with a UV light shining showing how they biofluoresce. You can see how the leaf causes a shadow from the UV flashlight.

#invertebrates #invertefest #diplopoda
Three Benoitolus sp. "Khao Sok" adults milling around some rotting hardwood and leaves. Where the UV light is shining the millipedes are turquoise.
November 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
diplopodracer.bsky.social
A Benoitolus sp. "Khao Sok" adult snacking on some freeze dried peas.

#invertebrates #m43 #millipede #diplopoda
A medium sized millipede with yellow ringed green segments, large eye spots, orange legs, & large segmented antennae snacks on some freeze dried green peas while on some rotting hardwod
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
diplopodracer.bsky.social
Grabbed a few pictures of a Benoitolus sp. "Khao Sok" millipede. Also took one half illuminated with a UV light to show how this species will fluoresce.

#invertebrates #invertefest #millipedes #diplopoda
A green and yellow striped millipede is shown with half illuminated under a UV flashlight and is fluorescing. A green and yellow striped millipede is poking around some rotting wood A green and yellow striped millipede is poking around some rotting wood A green and yellow striped millipede is poking around some rotting wood
November 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
diplopodracer.bsky.social
The coloration of the legs/feet of this millipede is mesmerizing (Chicobolus spinigerus "Brooksville, FL")

#invertebrates #invertefest #diplopoda #m43
a macro photo cropped to the feet of a millipede. They are purple with clear tips and some clear hairs running down the undersides of the legs. The body segments are white and black, but only the white part is shown in this photo.
November 15, 2025 at 6:58 AM
diplopodracer.bsky.social
Here is a better photo that I took of the Brooksville, FL locality of Chicobolus spinigerus.

#invertebrates #invertefest #millipedes #diplopoda
An female adult Ivory Millipede forages for freeze dried peas on flake soil. It has the Ivory piano key style morphology, however in a departure from the normal appearance of mostly black on the top, the white portion goes all the way around as a stripe.
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
diplopodracer.bsky.social
This (Ivory Millipede) locality with the prominent purple striping are from Elliot Key, FL

#invertebrates #invertefest #diplopoda #myriapoda

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a juvenile Ivory Millipede with purple and black horizontal stripes is rearing up the front 1/7th of its body while an older one forages that is about 3 to 4 times larger and has quite a bit less purple striping replaced with more black with white (approaching their eventual full adult morphology of black and white piano key markings)
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 AM
diplopodracer.bsky.social
these two (Ivory Millipede) adults one with the more prominent white and black striping are from Brookfield, FL

#invertebrates #invertefest #diplopoda #myriapoda

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two adult Ivory Millipedes forage for freeze dried peas on flake soil. A male on the right and female on the left. they have the Ivory piano key style morphology, however in a departure from the normal appearance of mostly black on the top, the white portion goes all the way around as a stripe.
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 AM
diplopodracer.bsky.social
It is very interesting to me how different the morphology is of Ivory Millipedes (Chicobolus spinigerus) depending on the specific local population they come from. These are all Ivory Millipedes, with this first group of lighter colored ones from Miami

#invertebrates #invertefest #diplopoda

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a group of 5 Ivory Millipedes are all eating some freeze dried peas on top of some flake soil. They are round millipedes and from late adolescent juvenile to early adolescent juvenile ages. They are light colored with a dark stripe are down their back, somewhat less pronounced than the traditional piano key morphology in the species.
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 AM
natur-in-nrw.bsky.social
In der kalten Jahreszeit widme ich immer gerne dem Bodenleben. So sind die feinen Strukturen eines zusammengerollten Doppelfüßers immer wieder schön anzusehen.

#artenvielfalt #natur #nature #Doppelfüßer #Diplopoda #Gliederfüßer #Arthropoda #Tausendfüßer #Myriapoda
Ein zusammengerollter Doppelfüßer in Draufsicht auf steinigem Untergrund. Der Körper ist spiralförmig eingerollt und zeigt eine hellbraune bis bernsteinfarbene Färbung mit charakteristischen dunklen Flecken entlang der Segmente. Die glänzende, glatte Oberfläche des Chitinpanzers weist deutlich erkennbare Rillen und Strukturen auf. Auf der Kopfseite sind ein dunkler Augenfleck und feine Härchen sichtbar. Die defensive Einrollhaltung ist typisch für diese Tausendfüßer-Gruppe und dient dem Schutz der weicheren Bauchseite.
November 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
diplopodracer.bsky.social
Caught a picture of a recently molted Ivory Millipede (Chicobolus spinigerus "Elliot Key, FL") eating its recently shed exoskeleton

#invertebrates #invertefest #diplopoda #millipedes
a millipede with slightly cloudy coloration on its exoskeleton (which is black with dark purple stripes and piano key white leading to the underside of the millipede. The millipede has recently molted and is eating its shed exoskeleton.
October 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
diplopodracer.bsky.social
A young adult Mozambique Red Fire Millipede (Centrobolus splendidus) is snacking on some freeze dried peas.

#diplopoda #millipede #invertebrates #invertefest #invertober #m43
a bright red millipede eats some freeze dried peas. The millipede is medium sized, and has black spots regularly spaced down its back and each side. The millipede has large black simple eyes and distinctly segmented antennae.
October 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM
diplopodracer.bsky.social
A Mozambique Red Fire Millipede (Centrobolus splendidus) is conglobated in a bed of rotting hardwood.

#diplopoda #millipede #invertebrates #invertefest #invertober #m43
A bright red millipede with black spots is curled up into a ball around a shredded leaf. The millipede is medium sized and an adult and is on a pile of rotting hardwood.
October 17, 2025 at 4:44 AM
diplopodracer.bsky.social
Young adult male Chicobolus spinigerus "Elliot Key, FL" millipede foraging for snacks. Ivory millipedes are one of the most surface active and personable species of millipedes I have encountered.

#invertebrates #millipedes #invertefest #invertober #diplopoda
about half of a young adult millipede is in frame with the focus on the head . It is foraging around some rotten hardwood (which is a primary food source) for other treats. It is black, purple, and white banded and is a large species of millipede.
October 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
diplopodracer.bsky.social
A young mature adult female Chicobolus spinigerus "Elliot Key, FL" is snacking on some freeze dried peas.

#diplopoda #entomology #invertefest
An adult millipede is chewing on some bright green freeze dried peas. The millipede's head is in focus and the body is out of focus, but you can still see the traditional black and white piano key pattern of the Ivory millipede
October 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
diplopodracer.bsky.social
Two juvenile Chicobolus spinigerus "Elliot Key, FL" millipedes forage around for their favorite snacks.

#diplopoda #invertefest #invertebrates #millipedes
a juvenile millipede with purple and black horizontal stripes is rearing up the front 1/7th of its body while an older one forages that is about 3 to 4 times larger and has quite a bit less purple striping replaced with more black with white (approaching their eventual full adult morphology of black and white piano key markings)
October 8, 2025 at 5:54 AM
tyuge.bsky.social
Almost forgot today is Ball Hoffman Day. Happy bday to the late great taxonomists George Ball (Carabidae) and Richard Hoffman (Diplopoda and everything-Virginia), both born on 25 Sept., 99 and 98 years ago, respectively.
September 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
diplopodracer.bsky.social
Favorite Milli species, I wonder if anyone has done research on the super localized color variations, since that seems pretty unusual in diplopoda (having so much variation esp.)
September 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
morphonews.bsky.social
Copulatory structures of #diplopoda are amazingly complex and Birk Rillich presented their functional #morphology in the species Acanthopetalum carinatum at #dzg2025
September 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
gbifmorpho.bsky.social
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: Review of the millipede genus Orthomorpha Bollman, 1893 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) in Cambodia, with new records and descriptions of three new species https://www.gbif.org/dataset/da43fa6b-f740-4654-b7f5-46e4feded0e2
September 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
doodlebugsanimaladventures.com
Some good looking Giant African Milliedes!
S. Fisheri

They are excellent outreach animals and a crowd favorite!

#inverts #bugsky #diplopoda #millipede
Giant African millipedes
September 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
diplopodracer.bsky.social
I came into bsky passionate about diplopoda and to a lesser degree isopoda, but accounts like yours and @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social have made me begin to absolutely adore hymenoptera
September 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
gbifmorpho.bsky.social
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: Colombocricus gen. nov., a new genus of millipede from Colombia (Diplopoda: Spirobolida: Rhinocricidae) https://www.gbif.org/dataset/cf5edc7d-bd1c-42ad-8ad7-c0173d1e4c51
September 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM