Diplopodology (MILLIPEDES & CENTIPEDES) with Dr. Derek Hennen
How many legs? Why so many legs? What's a millipede versus a centipede? And again WHY SO MANY LEGS. We have just the guy for that: Diplopodologist Dr. Derek Hennen. As a person who’s spent over a decade sorting through leaf litter and naming scores of new species, Derek is truly a champion for the multi-limbed little critters. If you liked what Casey Clapp brought to Dendrology, get ready to appreciate millipedes like you never thought you would. Also: mythology gossip, world records, Taylor Swift fandom, and sniffing bugs.
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A donation was made to Lower Muskingum Conservancy
Links to things we discussed:
Ohio’s guide to millipedes, written by Derek!
Dr. Paul Marek – one of the scientists who described the true millipede
“The first true millipede—1306 legs long,” 2021 paper on Eumillipes persephone
Taylor Swift inspired an entomologist to name a new millipede species after the megastar
Bioluminescent aposematism in millipedes
BBC’s “Life in the Undergrowth” series
Giant bird-eating centipedes exist — and they’re surprisingly important for their ecosystem
Centipedes, the ‘envy of engineers,’ inspire a new generation of robots
Batesian vs. Mullierian mimicry
I Am a Millipede (Song from Charlie the Unicorn 4)
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