Colin Purrington · @colinpurrington
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The final pic relating to this slime mold scene is of a bristly millipede (Polyxenus lagurus, I think), a group I had never heard of before. They have detachable rear bristles that apparently function like grappling hooks and can be deployed against ants and spiders. Details of that in linked paper if you need more.
pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas..

#millipedes #Diplopoda #Polyxenidae #arthropods #nature #biology

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