Narceus+americanus


 * __//Narceus americanus//: North American millipede__**
 * **Phylum**: Arthropoda
 * **Class**: Diplopoda
 * **Size**: up to 4 inches
 * **Habitat**: damp and moist environments such as under logs and dead leaves
 * **Life Cycle**: hatch from eggs, molt quickly and repeatedly, live for a few years
 * **Interesting Facts**: breathe through spiracles on sides of segments, each molt they gain a new segment and legs, newly hatched millipedes have seven segments with six legs
 * **Location**: eastern United States through southeastern Canada and west to central Texas
 * **Human Impact**: millipedes and humans have no real impact on one another
 * **Male and Female**: no differences
 * **Living Requirements**: mostly eat decayed plants and fungi



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 * Zookeeper: Tori Lopez**
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