Information Sheet
Woodland Animals
 

Millipede

Millipedes like damp dark places. A good place to find them is in rotting logs. They have tiny legs. Compare them with a centipede.
A millipede's legs look like a wavy brush along their body. Unlike centipedes they are herbivores.

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Millipedes eat:

dead plant material

Millipedes are eaten by:

badgers, shrews

Group: Myriapod