This is very common in our office campus with plenty of vegetation. They are often found crossing roads. The one here looks dead. It is hardish. Can curl up into a spiral when in danger like most of the species do. Jut wondering what they are and what they do in nature.
Dinu
I think it's a Rusty millipede, Trigoniulus corallinus. They curl up to protect their legs. Apparently they can exude a small amount of a poisonous gas to avoid being eaten! They eat decaying vegetation - 'detritivorous'.
The varieties of millipedes that do secrete poisonous gas secrete hydrogen cyanide. A good chemical to use to avoid being eaten!
wow- I learned a new word today..., now how to start a conversation that will use detritivorous?
Something like what the tadpoles and snails do in the ponds?
