Millipede
Mar 19, 2020 22:26:31 #
This is my preserved Millipede. I've had it preserved since last spring. You will notice that this one does not have eyes in a conventional way of other insects or like the one that I recently posted that I found expired in the basement.
I've read in a book on entomology that was given to me by Bill (newtoyou) that their eyes consist of a number of simple flat lens ocelli arranged in a group on the front/side of the head. It also is written that Millipedes have very poor eyesight which is sometimes nonexistent and I believe this one to be an example of one of those.
I've read in a book on entomology that was given to me by Bill (newtoyou) that their eyes consist of a number of simple flat lens ocelli arranged in a group on the front/side of the head. It also is written that Millipedes have very poor eyesight which is sometimes nonexistent and I believe this one to be an example of one of those.
Mar 19, 2020 23:08:06 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
This is my preserved Millipede. I've had it prese... (show quote)
Their lifestyle doesn't necessitate the need for eyes. And you know how frugal Mother Nature is. Waste not want not.
Wonder how many avid recyclers recycle the dead bugs from their basement.
Glad you find the book enlightening. And it just brushes the subject in a general way. I found a new world about 65 years ago when I got interested in 'bugs', said derisively by most adults then.
They are growing out of it, glad to say.
Keep at it, knowledge shared is twice enjoyed.
Bill
Mar 19, 2020 23:24:29 #
newtoyou wrote:
Their lifestyle doesn't necessitate the need for eyes. And you know how frugal Mother Nature is. Waste not want not.
Wonder how many avid recyclers recycle the dead bugs from their basement.
Glad you find the book enlightening. And it just brushes the subject in a general way. I found a new world about 65 years ago when I got interested in 'bugs', said derisively by most adults then.
They are growing out of it, glad to say.
Keep at it, knowledge shared is twice enjoyed.
Bill
Wonder how many avid recyclers recycle the dead bugs from their basement.
Glad you find the book enlightening. And it just brushes the subject in a general way. I found a new world about 65 years ago when I got interested in 'bugs', said derisively by most adults then.
They are growing out of it, glad to say.
Keep at it, knowledge shared is twice enjoyed.
Bill
Thanks, Bill. I keep that book by my side and I frequently reference it. It's technical for a guy like me but not overwhelmingly so. I find it to be "just right". There is not a week go by that I do not check along the walls of the basement, in my garage, the shades of the floor lamps and the tracks of the windows looking for dearly departed subjects. It's like a treasure hunt!
Mar 20, 2020 10:20:39 #
It does look eyeless!
Another eyeless beastie are the 'Geophilomorph' centipedes which are common burrowing centipedes that you can easily dig up. They always turn up when the spouse has me plant something in the yard. Here is what they look like: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1092568
Another eyeless beastie are the 'Geophilomorph' centipedes which are common burrowing centipedes that you can easily dig up. They always turn up when the spouse has me plant something in the yard. Here is what they look like: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1092568
Mar 20, 2020 10:46:39 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
It does look eyeless!
Another eyeless beastie are the 'Geophilomorph' centipedes which are common burrowing centipedes that you can easily dig up. They always turn up when the spouse has me plant something in the yard. Here is what they look like: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1092568
Another eyeless beastie are the 'Geophilomorph' centipedes which are common burrowing centipedes that you can easily dig up. They always turn up when the spouse has me plant something in the yard. Here is what they look like: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1092568
Coincidentally found one a few days ago.
Odd creature. Soil is warming, under bark and in the leaf litter things are wide awake.
Beetles under bark are pupating and ready for summer. A pastime for one, get out and get fresh air.
Think I will take my own advise. Up and out.
Good day, Mark, all.
Bill
Mar 20, 2020 12:20:06 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
It does look eyeless!
Another eyeless beastie are the 'Geophilomorph' centipedes which are common burrowing centipedes that you can easily dig up. They always turn up when the spouse has me plant something in the yard. Here is what they look like: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1092568
Another eyeless beastie are the 'Geophilomorph' centipedes which are common burrowing centipedes that you can easily dig up. They always turn up when the spouse has me plant something in the yard. Here is what they look like: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1092568
Mark, I agree. I have a few others that do have eyes and this one clearly does not. At least in the sense that I'm accustom to seeing under magnification.
Mar 20, 2020 12:24:06 #
newtoyou wrote:
Coincidentally found one a few days ago.
Odd creature. Soil is warming, under bark and in the leaf litter things are wide awake.
Beetles under bark are pupating and ready for summer. A pastime for one, get out and get fresh air.
Think I will take my own advise. Up and out.
Good day, Mark, all.
Bill
Odd creature. Soil is warming, under bark and in the leaf litter things are wide awake.
Beetles under bark are pupating and ready for summer. A pastime for one, get out and get fresh air.
Think I will take my own advise. Up and out.
Good day, Mark, all.
Bill
Good advice for all. Cabin fever is worse that Corona Fever. When I'm in the woods there is nothing around except for me and nature. I love the aroma of overturned leaves of the rich dark soil. When..and if...it ever drys up here I can get back to the woods again. When it damp the leaves are slicker than snot for our wooded areas are all hilly around here.
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