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A millipede

A millipede.jpg A medieval method of combating the plague. The persecution of the anointers in Milan in 1630ThumbnailsA solpugid (Eremobates cinerea)A medieval method of combating the plague. The persecution of the anointers in Milan in 1630ThumbnailsA solpugid (Eremobates cinerea)A medieval method of combating the plague. The persecution of the anointers in Milan in 1630ThumbnailsA solpugid (Eremobates cinerea)A medieval method of combating the plague. The persecution of the anointers in Milan in 1630ThumbnailsA solpugid (Eremobates cinerea)A medieval method of combating the plague. The persecution of the anointers in Milan in 1630ThumbnailsA solpugid (Eremobates cinerea)A medieval method of combating the plague. The persecution of the anointers in Milan in 1630ThumbnailsA solpugid (Eremobates cinerea)A medieval method of combating the plague. The persecution of the anointers in Milan in 1630ThumbnailsA solpugid (Eremobates cinerea)
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The Diplopoda, or millipedes, are characterized by the presence of two pairs of legs to a segment. The largest of our local myriapods belong to this group. They live in moist places, feeding primarily on decaying vegetable matter, though a few species occasionally attack growing plants.

The millipedes are inoffensive and harmless. Julus terrestris, and related species, when irritated pour out over the entire body a yellowish secretion which escapes from cutaneous glands. It is volatile, with a pungent odor, and Phisalix (1900) has shown that it is an active poison when injected into the blood of experimental animals. This, however, does not entitle them to be considered as poisonous arthropods, in the sense of this chapter, any more than the toad can be considered poisonous to man because it secretes a venom from its cutaneous glands.

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Handbook of Medical Entomology
By William Albert Riley and Oskar Augustus Johanssen
Published in 1915
Available from gutenberg.org
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