Colin Varndell,Colin Varndell / White Legged Snake Millipede (Tachypodoiulus niger) three coiled, Dorset, UK, September.

MYN / Eduardo Blanco / Millipede (Ommatoiulus rutilans) curled up, Corella, Navarra, Spain, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Juanjo Segura / Millipede (Ommatoiulus rutilans) Muchamiel, Alicante, Spain, November. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / White legged snake millipede (Tachypodoiulus niger) Mersch, Luxembourg, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Nick Upton / Striped millipede (Ommatoiulus sabulosus) crawling over sandstone rocks in an old quarry, Sandy, Bedfordshire, UK, May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Striped Millipede (Ommatoiulus sabulosus) curled up in leaf litter of an ancient woodland, Orvieto, Italy, Europe.

Lucas Bustamante / Two Millipedes (Julidae) close up portrait, Mulu, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Nick Upton / Millipede (Leptoiulus sp.) feeding on the mucus of a Garden snail (Cornu aspersum) in a flowerpot at night, Wiltshire, UK, October.

Alex Hyde / Striped millipede (Ommatoiulus sabulosus) on decaying wood. Lathkill Dale National Nature Reserve SSSI. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. June.

Alex Hyde / Striped Millipede (Ommatoiulus sabulosus) Photographed on a white background in mobile field studio. Lathkill Dale National Nature Reserve SSSI. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. June.