Segments of Millipede

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 1:28 pm

Millipede segments
Meiji stereomicroscope w/Sony DSC-W5
1/6 sec. @ f/2.8 ISO 100
Each segment shown, approx. 1 mm in width

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 7:15 am

Very beautiful textures on this guy Ken. The surface looks very organic and alien.

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 5:03 pm

Fascinating photo Ken! However, when I first saw it I really struggled to relate what I was seeing to my mental image of what a millipede should look like. That image was almost entirely based on the millipedes I had eagerly collected from under stones as a kid (age 10 to 14) in Malta. So off to Google to see if I could find something that looked more like your photo. Needless to say I found millipedes of every possible shape, size and colour ...and eventually a couple of possible candidates as near relatives to your 'pede. Am I even close?

http://www.pbase.com/rcm1840/image/44862456

and second pic down:
http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore ... ipedes.htm

The millipedes in Malta looked more like the ones at the bottom of the page in the last link.

Bruce

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 5:32 pm

Bruce...The first pic when I clicked on your gallery looks a lot like it and the second pic on the Mo link looks like it too. So you did good!

Thanks Bruce

Thanks Doug, it does look sort of like Klingon skin doesn't it?

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:54 pm

Never looked at one this closely before... more interesting structure than I would have expected. Nice shots Ken.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:46 am

Thanks Charlie.

There were a lot of interesting features to this little creature but unfortunately my patience gave out because it would not stay still very long in any position that I placed it for a photograph. So I took it back outside and let it go.