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

Chris Mattison / Giant pill millipede (Arthrosphaera cf branti), captive, occurs Tanzania.

MYN / Joris van Alphen / Tractor millipede (Barydesmus sp.) male, Crocker Range, Borneo, Malaysia. meetyourneighbours.net project

Solvin Zankl / Close-up of ant (Thaumatomyrmex atrox) from the neotropics, specialists predators on millipedes Specimen photographed using digital focus stacking

Alex Hyde / Tanzanian Giant Millipede {Archispirostreptus gigas} Captive, originating from Africa.

Alex Hyde / Giant millipede {Aphistogoniulus sp} running across leaf litter on rainforest floor. Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Eastern Madagascar.

Alex Hyde / Giant millipede {Aphistogoniulus sp} on tree trunk in lowland rainforest. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Michael D. Kern / Rainbow millipede (Aulacobolus rubropunctatus) captive

Tim Laman / Young girl (model released) holding Giant millipede, tropical rainforest, Borneo, July 2007

Tim Laman / Close up of young boy aged 9 (model released) watching a Giant Pill millipede (Sphaerotherium) Borneo, July 2007

Pete Oxford / Giant millipede {Sphaerotherium sp} Madagascar

Kim Taylor / Giant millipede coiled for defense {Diplopoda} East Africa