The tropical boring millipede Rhinotus purpureus (IMAGE)

University of Bonn

The tropical boring millipede Rhinotus purpureus

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is often found on fungi, which it presumably feeds on with the help of a sucking pump in its small pointed head.

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Image: Leif Moritz

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