Millipede - (Apheloria virginiensis corrugata)
4/24/10 WWW4 in VA by Karen
http://bugguide.net/node/view/97404
BG says: Millipedes, like this one, with bright color patterns, secrete a compound containing cyanide. Wash your hands after handling them and do not allow children to pick them up. (Oops!) The cyanide-producing millipede alone eats 33% to 50% of all the dead coniferous and deciduous leaves that come to rest on the forest floor. It is one of the most critical links in the entire soil food web.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/97404
BG says: Millipedes, like this one, with bright color patterns, secrete a compound containing cyanide. Wash your hands after handling them and do not allow children to pick them up. (Oops!) The cyanide-producing millipede alone eats 33% to 50% of all the dead coniferous and deciduous leaves that come to rest on the forest floor. It is one of the most critical links in the entire soil food web.
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