Education & KnowledgeThe Largest Bug to Ever Crawl the Earth
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Title: Millipede
Released: 1982-01-01
Platforms: Game Boy, NES
Also released on: PC, Game Boy Advance, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST
N-gated Hacker News🐛💦 Oh, the thrill of discovering that ancient creepy crawlies were strutting their stuff underwater—until your request gets stonewalled by an overzealous digital bouncer. 🛑 Apparently, #millipede #evolution isn't the only thing stuck in the mud. 😂
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-ancient-sea-fossils-millipede-centipede.html #ancientcreatures #underwaterdiscovery #techissues #humor #HackerNews #ngated
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-ancient-sea-fossils-millipede-centipede.html #ancientcreatures #underwaterdiscovery #techissues #humor #HackerNews #ngated
Ancient sea fossils indicate millipede and centipede ancestors evolved their legs while still underwater
The myriapoda group of arthropods includes the many-legged centipedes and millipedes that most people are familiar with. Although myriapods are all terrestrial creatures, researchers are unclear about when and how they evolved their many legs.
Andy PFound a little bug guy outside
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Guerric HachéThis millipede (Rhiscosomides meineri) has a special place in my heart. I had to reach out to a curator on iNaturalist to get the species added to the database after I found one! For #EarthDay, remember that even in big cities there are creatures we barely know about.
#millipede #diplopoda #macro
#millipede #diplopoda #macro
Mathrubhumi EnglishThis study is more than just a biological catalogue; it provides a blueprint for bioinspired surface design. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/technology/science/small-shell-big-secrets-kerala-forest-study-on-millipede-gives-cues-for-water-repellent-design-s2w4fcjj?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #millipede #kerala #waterrepellent
earthlingOne of two millipede species collected during the survey (this one was discovered in Battambang in 2024), the vivid colouring of the Orthomorpha battambangiensis probably indicates that these millipedes are poisonous or, at the very least, unappetising for potential predators.
Photograph: Fauna & Flora
#photography
#Cambodia
#caves
#karst
#biodiversity
#NewSpecies
#geckos
#millipede
EclecticEnvironmentalistExploring on a rainy spring day found a really cool fungus, eating a log, being eaten by a colony of really cool millipedes. What a nice day :3
The fungus is violet crust (Phlebiopsis crassa) and the millipedes are feather millipedes (Brachycybe lecontii).
Frosch Bden #BugOfTheDay macht heute ein tausendfüßer, genauer ein schnurfüßer :3
laut iNat ein
Megaphyllum unilineatum
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnurf%C3%BC%C3%9Fer
ich hätte ja gedacht es sei ein sandschnurfüßer, aber dann müsste er 2 statt nur 1 linie auf dem rücken haben 🤷
