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Myth: A common myth is that Millipedes have a thousand legs, this is because of their name (milli derived from Latin for 1000). Actually the number of legs is between 100 and 400 depending on the insect, species and age.

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Fact: The millipede that most often invades homes in large numbers is the garden millipede. Garden millipedes are gray-to-brown and 1/2-3/4 inch long. They mainly feed on dead plant material and occasionally, young plants. They are most active at night.
Millipedes have short segmented antennae and two pairs of legs to each body segment, with the exception of the first three segments. Millipedes generally feed on organic matter, usually vegetable and prefer damp places. They are non toxic and cannot inflict any wounds but produce a fluid which repels other insects. Millipedes are sometimes confused with their many-legged relatives the centipede, centipedes have only one pair of legs on each body segment instead of the two pairs found in millipedes.

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MILLIPEDES
(Class: Diplopoda)
They are found in damp situations, they eat decaying vegetable matter, they produce a repellent fluid, non toxic, but fluid may cause irritation.