General: Millipedes (Class Diplopoda) are arthropods with a hard exoskeleton. They are segmented, round, worm-like creatures with two pairs of short legs per body segment (except for the first few segments). Millipedes are rather slow-moving creatures.

Feeding: Most millipedes are herbivorous, feeding on dead plant material.

Taxonomy: Subphylum Myriapoda, Class Diplopoda with 13 orders, 113 families, and over 1,000 species worldwide.

Note: Compare with the faster moving, predacious centipedes that have one pair of legs per segment.