They are known scientifically as the class diplopoda, the name derived from this feature. The record number of legs found on a millipede (it’s from the australian desert) is 1,306. One of these pests, the millipede, might be scary to see, but it's harmless to people If millipedes are in your house, you probably want to know how they got there, whether they're dangerous,. Millipedes are common arthropods that have two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments Millipedes generally live underground in damp and dark places.
Millipedes never have 1,000 legs The most any known millipede has is 750 legs Millipedes protect themselves by curling into a spiral to shield their soft underside from danger Millipedes were the first animals to move from water to land, living over 428 million years ago. Depending on their order, they have three main burrowing methods Millipede, (class diplopoda), any member of the arthropod class diplopoda, distributed worldwide and commonly grouped with several other classes as myriapods
Some injure living plants, and a few are predators and scavengers.
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