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Anatomy
Systems and Their Associations
Legs and Segments
Basic Info.
Misc.
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Do Millipedes have eyes?
What is yes, but many can be eyeless, blind, or hard of seeing
100
What do Millipedes eat?
What is They are herbivores and eat decaying leaves and other dead plant material
100
How are new legs and segments obtained?
What is molting
100
Millipedes have __________ symmetry
What is bilaterial
100
True or False Millipedes are extremely clean creatures
What is true
200
Tergites are covered with what?
What is a hard protective exoskeleton
200
Millipedes are like crickets in that they _________ to _________ females
What is create squeaking sounds by rubbing their legs together to attract female
200
Define Diplosegments
What is two segments fused together
200
True or False Milliepedes do not have a body cavity
What is false, they are coelmates
200
Are millipedes diurnal or nocturnal?
What is nocturnal
300
What are the sensory organs?
What is antennae
300
Open or closed circulatory system
What is open
300
How many pairs of legs do Millipedes have per segment?
What is two
300
What phylum do millipedes belong to?
What is Arthropoda
300
About how many species of millipedes are there?
What is 10,000
400
When in danger, the millipede curls up, protecting their underside of each segment called__________
What is Sternites
400
The digestive tract is made up of________
What is a simple tube and two pairs of salivary glands
400
How many segments can a Millipede have?
What is 25-189 segments
400
In latin what does Millipede mean?
What is milli "thousand" pede "foot"
400
About how long is the longest millipede?
What is 28 cm or 11 inches
500
How many legs belong to each segment in the Thorax?
What is a. the first has no legs b. the second and third have one pair c. the rest have two pairs
500
Where do millipedes lay their eggs and who guards them?
What is they lay their eggs in the soil and either the male (sometimes) or female will guard them
500
What are the hairs on the back of 2 to 3 groups of legs for?
What is cleaning
500
What kinds of environments do Millipedes live in?
What is Many live in dark, moist areas like under rotting wood and leaves, but some live in the desert
500
What is the chemical that millipedes can shoot in defense?
What is Cyanide