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@VTBugCollectionThe Virginia Tech Insect Collection, founded in 1888, is the oldest and largest entomological collection in the Commonwealth.
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A hammerhead flatworm that I found on my driveway yesterday (Bipalium sp.). An introduced species but fascinating to see all its little eyes and learn about its ability to produce tetrodotoxin (Stokes et al. 2014, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100718)
Feather millipedes Brachycybe petasata and Brachycybe lecontii co-occur but are evolutionary sisters with different species. They also produce different chemical defenses: B. petasata bicyclic alkaloids and B. lecontii tricyclic. Read more rdcu.be/dUK0u #MillipedeMonday
A fascinating study by @Montilla_aotus and colleagues at @Uniquindio and @CienBiolAndes shows night monkeys in Colombia biting millipedes to disturb them into secreting their chemical secretions, and rubbing them all over their fur and elsewhere. CC BY-NC doi.org/10.31687/Sarem…
The pill millipede, Rhopalomeris sauda Nguyen, Sierwald & Marek, 2019, from Vĩnh Phúc Province, Vietnam. Pill millipedes roll into a ball and secrete quinazolinone alkaloids for defense against predators. doi: 10.26107/RBZ-2019-0020 #MillipedeMonday
The heathland twisted-claw millipede, Nannaria ericacea Hoffman, 1949, from Craig Co., Virginia, named because it is commonly encountered in ericaceous habitats of rhododendron. For more about the genus see: 10.3897/zookeys.1096.73485 | 10.3897/zookeys.1030.62544 #MillipedeMonday
Ischnocybe plicata Cook & Loomis, 1928, a name from the Greek ischnos (meaning thin) and kybe (head) refers to a more slender appearance—compared to others in its family. The species epithet refers to small folds on the rings behind its head (Latin, plico = fold) #MillipedeMonday
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