Millipedes are detritivores, which means that they subsist on nature’s equivalent of crumbs under the table – rotting leaves, decaying wood and other decomposing plant matter. They need an environment that’s moist. Millipedes don’t bite, but they will secrete a liquid benzoquinone that can irritate the skin or burn the eyes. (Capuchin monkeys in Venezuela have been observed rubbing themselves with millipedes, because the millipede’ secretions work as a natural mosquito repellent.) When disturbed, they curl up into a tight coil. When millipedes get inside your house, they’re there by mistake, and they will dry up and die pretty quickly.

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