xystocheir

like nearly all xystodesmidae, these require softwood in the flake stage of rot to be happy. they will graze on fungi or lichens, but their main food is rotting pine/redwood/spruce/fir wood. i should have hundreds of babies in a few months.

male millipedes generally have a modified third pair of legs that function as sexual organs, which is why they appear to be 'making out' whilst courting.

Unlike most members of this genus, species brachymacris has ornate markings and isnt a ghostly pale white. This member of the genus is restricted to the sierras in california and nevada. like the rest of its genus, this species secretes cyanide as a defense.