Millipedes are usually very elongated, with many legs, on average they have between 80 and 400 legs. 

They are Myriapods, as are Centipedes, though they are not strictly related to them. 

Being omnivores, they mainly eat rotting wood and leaf litter, though will also eat dead animals, fruit and vegetables, in captivity it is vital that they have a supply of calcium.

Nearly all species prefer warm, humid environments with a deep substrate of coir, or soil, mixed with rotting wood and leaf litter, they spend a lot of time underground, sometimes weeks at a time, most species are far more likely to be seen at night, even desert species need some humidity.

They are fairly long lived, the larger species can live more than 5 years, they usually mature slowly.

Millipedes curl into a ball when threatened, most millipedes also have the ability to emit a poisonous liquid though pores along the side of they're body, this liquid may burn smaller predators, but is relatively harmless to humans, even so, care must be taken when handling these.

 Archispirostreptus gigas

 Apheloria tigana

 Aulacobolus rubropunctatus

 Telodeinopus aoutii

 Narceus americanus

 Spirostreptus brachycerus

 Apeuthes sp.

 Ephibolus pulchripes