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Thyropygus spirobolinae sp.
Reproduction and Development : Male and female millipedes may be attracted to each other through pheromones (chemical signals). The female is passive during mating. The male runs up her back and uses the adhesive leg pads he has developed to hang on to her. He twists his front end around so that their ventral surfaces meet. He must fix the female's position and then he can transfer a sperm package directly from his gonopods into her genital opening. This can take minutes or hours, and may be repeated several times. Sometimes mating is prolonged if another male is present. Some mating behaviours include drumming, touching or rubbing.
Spotted on Mar 3, 2009
Submitted on Oct 24, 2011
13 Comments
Thanks YokKokoro .. being in the right place at the right time .. : )
Wow! Nice pic. Thank you very much VivBraznell :-D
Thanks Antonio!
great cache Viv,fantastic spotting,i agree with Karen,very colourful and romantic spotting :)
Awesome spot! Romantic millipedes!
I must be a genius!!! Only joking! Just came across this ident, so that's another mystery solved.
Whatever they are Cecilia.J, there is a very strong possiblity that there are now more of them, if they are doing what I think they are doing in this photo : )
Fantastic capture!!!!
Surprising!!!
Thank you : ) They ARE pretty cool!
amazing..............!!!!!!!!
Cool! These are millipedes, and what stunning ones too! Nice capture :)
nice.