PILL MILLIPEDE (Glomeris marginata): SPECIES ACCOUNTS
FLAT-BACKED MILLIPEDE (Polydesmus angustus): SPECIES ACCOUNTS
DIET
Most millipedes eat decaying leaves and other vegetation, but some will eat shoots and roots of living plants. A few species are known to feed on animal remains or funguses. Many species will also eat their own waste pellets. It is believed that they obtain nutrition from funguses growing inside the pellets rather than from the waste itself.
CONSERVATION STATUS
No millipedes are considered endangered or threatened.
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