Pink feather boa millipede
The pink feather boa millipede is a bright pink or coral millipede from California. Some have a black or purple stripe down the back. With its many legs and its pretty colour, it looks a bit like a fluffy pink scarf.
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Fun facts
Its body can have up to 81 little segments.
It is the only species in its whole genus.
In 2020, scientists found a brand new chemical in its defence juice and named it gosodesmine after the millipede.
Most asked questions about Pink feather boa millipede
?Is the pink feather boa millipede dangerous?
No. It can ooze a chemical to protect itself, but it is not dangerous. Just wash your hands after touching it.
?Where does the pink feather boa millipede live?
In California, inside rotting wood, especially old oaks.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Gosodesmus claremontus
- Named by
- Chamberlin, 1922
- Group
- Centipedes and millipedes
- Classification
- Diplopoda > Platydesmida
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Gosodesmus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Ken-ichi Ueda. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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