Stats

Lifespan

2-6 yrs

Size

Small

Diet

Carnivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Temperate forest

Range

Worldwide

Movement

Burrowing

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Venom

Status

Common

About

This long arthropod lives in dark, damp soil and leaf litter across the globe. It uses venomous claws to paralyze prey and can grow up to 354 individual legs.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   subadult

   A near-adult myriapod adds body segments and pairs of legs with each molt, approaching its full count.
2. 2.
   adult

   Fully grown, with the full adult count of segments and legs.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Chilopoda

Order

Geophilomorpha