Millipedes or in Malay language, Sepah Bulan (Gonggok) are crawling, herbivorous arthropods that belongs to the Subclass Diplopoda. It has a segmented body, each segment usually bearing two pairs of legs, and the distinct head bears a pair of short clubbed antennae. Most millipedes are no more than 2.5 cm or 1 inch long; a few in the tropics are 30 cm/12 in. Millipedes live in damp, dark places, feeding mainly on rotting vegetation. Some species injure crops by feeding on tender roots, and some produce a poisonous secretion in defence. Certain orders have silk glands. Millipedes are found world wide.
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