A symphylan! These are a secretive group of myriapods, a sister group to millipedes and centipedes. They are usually quite small and hard to find.

#symphyla #symphylan #myriapod #arthropod #invertebrates #wildlife #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #nature #vancouver #britishcolumbia #canada #inaturalist

kakilang

#Singapore #forest #lipan #centipede #myriapod #legs #animal #biodiversity #wildlife #nature #invert #macro

what order do meteorologist myriapods belong to?

skew-T gramorpha!

Scutigeromorpha!

: )

a niche pun with an overlap of 1.

#meteorology
#skewT
#centipede
#myriapod

Beautiful cover of the latest issue of the Science Advances journal, featuring a fossil of Arthropleura, the largest arthropod of all time.

https://www.science.org/toc/sciadv/10/41

#Paleontology #Arthropleura #arthropod #fossil #carboniferous #myriapod #MontceauLesMines #science #cover #art #coverart #ScienceAdvances

Some insect finds from the garden this morning. Species identification thanks to Apple’s native Photos.app

#insects #insectadon #myriapod #ommatoiulusmoreleti #greenhousemillipede #millipede #Lithobiusforficatus #arthropods #centipede #oslo #norway #europe

I may never get my mind around the strangeness of snout millipedes!

#Macrophotography #SoilEcology #Myriapod

Today I learned about 'snout' millipedes (Siphonophorida), with fuzzy bodies and heads elongated into long beaks!

Go home, New Zealand, you're drunk.

#Myriapod #Macrophotography #Diplopoda #SoilEcology #SoilBiodiversity

Wow. Just... Wow.

This absolute stunner is a 'bristly' or 'pincushion' millipede (order Polyxenida).

Those distinctive bristles are a defensive structure, as they can break off and get stuck in predators' mouthparts!

#SoilEcology #Macrophotography #Myriapod #SoilBiodiversity #Millipede #SoilFauna