Millipedes - all colours plus brown
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My goodness Erland, I hope I never come across one 2 metres long, I will die of fright. The biggest I have seen them is about 5 inches, some of them a bit fatter than others.
One interesting thing about the red one I noticed was that they seemed to twine around each other as if mating but it was their faces which were together not their rear ends as should be the case. I wonder about this strange behaviour, and want to see if I can find out why they do this.
You are correct in them being pre-historic, like cockroaches!!
One interesting thing about the red one I noticed was that they seemed to twine around each other as if mating but it was their faces which were together not their rear ends as should be the case. I wonder about this strange behaviour, and want to see if I can find out why they do this.
You are correct in them being pre-historic, like cockroaches!!
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Yes, amazing how animals in the past grew to such big sizes.
I found the german site about the species, and although this is mostly about keeping them as pets
there is also a list of tropical species:
http://www.diplopoda.de/html/artentrop.php
Many of those are from Africa.
The site http://www.diplopoda.de/ is only in german language though, but there are pictures with species names.
Erland
I found the german site about the species, and although this is mostly about keeping them as pets

http://www.diplopoda.de/html/artentrop.php
Many of those are from Africa.
The site http://www.diplopoda.de/ is only in german language though, but there are pictures with species names.
Erland
This is most interesting Erland : Centrobolus sp. is listed as "South Africa" but this picture was taken in Kwazulu Natal. The species listed as Kwazulu Natal Centrobolus ruber vulpinus does not have the black bands on the sides. If I look at the picture, I see that the one has a band of black almost right around it but the second one not. I wonder if it may be a difference between male and femal? The one looks more like Centrobolus splendidus found in Southern Mozambique. Kwazulu Natal is near Mozambique...can the two species be mating?
I do not see the brown or black one there....maybe you can contact them for me and see if they would be interested in these pictures of mine to add to the website. They are welcome to have copies of them. This is a great site for identification purposes. Thank you for posting the link to me.
I do not see the brown or black one there....maybe you can contact them for me and see if they would be interested in these pictures of mine to add to the website. They are welcome to have copies of them. This is a great site for identification purposes. Thank you for posting the link to me.
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