EOL-media-18-https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/1543647

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Description
Millipedes under a log. We first thought they were juveniles, but upon closer inspection they were guarding eggs. According to Brusca & Brusca, parental care in millipedes is widespread only among the Polydesmida
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Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith