Photo: not tic-tacs, but millipedes

Posted By on Feb 8, 2011 in Photography, Photos, Wildlife

While it may look like someone spilled a a container of dark green tic-tacs, these are actually a swarm of young Malagasy emerald pill millipedes. Photographed in Madagascar these millipedes are classified in the order of Sphaerotheriida.

While it may look like someone spilled a a container of dark green tic-tacs, these are actually a swarm of young Malagasy emerald pill millipedes. Photographed in Madagascar these millipedes are classified in the order of Sphaerotheriida. Photos by Rhett A. Butler.

Click to see more photos of millipedes (and centipedes.

Author: jlhance

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