Shocking pink dragon millipede
The shocking pink dragon millipede is bright hot pink and covered in little spikes, like a tiny dragon. It lives in Thailand and crawls around on fallen leaves. Its bright color is a warning to hungry animals: do not eat me.
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Fun facts
To protect itself it makes a poison called cyanide, which makes it smell like almonds.
Lots of them come out after rain showers.
Scientists only described it in 2007.
In 2008 it was picked as one of the top ten new species found in the world.
Most asked questions about Shocking pink dragon millipede
?Is the dragon millipede poisonous?
Yes, it makes a poison to protect itself. Do not touch it.
?Why is the dragon millipede pink?
Its bright pink color warns hungry animals that it is poisonous.
?How big is the shocking pink dragon millipede?
About 3 centimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Desmoxytes purpurosea
- Group
- Centipedes and millipedes
- Family
- Paradoxosomatidae
- Classification
- Diplopoda > Polydesmida > Paradoxosomatidae
- Lives on
- Asia
- Also known as
- Dragon millipede
Where the facts come from
- Desmoxytes purpurosea (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by CHULABUSH KHATANCHAROEN. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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