Okay, so technically millipedes are not true bugs – they’re Arthropods, Class Diplopoda, sometimes referred to as a Myriapod— and you might have one under a rock in your backyard right this very minute, BUT… I’m guessing yours do not trip the light fantastic like these babies do!
The fluorescing blue millipedes shown here courtesy of Science Friday are strangely beautiful. I’m not sure I would want them crawling across my bedroom ceiling at night, but then again… since they typically only eat decaying leaf matter and sprouts, maybe it wouldn’t be so bad!
Learn more about these and other bizarre insects and animals at – you guessed it—the library!
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