Hi Shiloh! Thank you for stopping by my blog! You asked a very good question! I didn't know the answer myself, and had to look it up! :)
From what I read, millipedes can secrete (ooze out) a stinky juice out of its body, but they don't bite or sting. They normally eat rotting plants.
Now centipedes are the ones that can bite and release a poison into their victims. Centipedes usually eat other bugs. They do sometimes bite humans but it's not supposed to be any worse than a bee sting.
My 8 year old, Gracie, is the one that caught that millipede!
Hope that helps!
Love, Alyssa
This is our family's newsletter of our activities, thoughts, and reviews of great books. We do narrations for our homeschool lessons as recommended by Charlotte Mason and other educators. Mary (13) Bill (10) Shiloh (8) and Marshall (4) will write or dictate what we have been learning about at lesson time or just about what's on their mind at the moment.
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May. 9, 2008 - Untitled Comment
From what I read, millipedes can secrete (ooze out) a stinky juice out of its body, but they don't bite or sting. They normally eat rotting plants.
Now centipedes are the ones that can bite and release a poison into their victims. Centipedes usually eat other bugs. They do sometimes bite humans but it's not supposed to be any worse than a bee sting.
My 8 year old, Gracie, is the one that caught that millipede!
Hope that helps!
Love, Alyssa