0
Millipedes eat dead food because it has a lot of nutrients in it.
Wiki User
∙ 7y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What do millipedes eat?
Millipedes are scavengers which feed on decaying plant matter such as leaves, fruits and vegetables, and damp or decaying wood particles.Feed dark leafy greens, pieces of apple or potato. Since they are scavengers, millipedes may wait until the food has begun to rot a bit before eating it, so don't be too hasty to clean out uneaten food. Remove really rotted food, replacing it with fresh foods every couple of days. They are herbivores. Most species live in and eat decaying plant matter.
Can millipedes live under water?
Millipedes are not known to live underwater. The natural habitat for a millipede is in gardens, greenhouses, forest, or any other place where dead plant matter is available to eat.
What are the natural predators of millipedes?
Hedgehogs, scorpions, small birds, mongoose, and a host of other critters eat millipedes. They have many natural predators in the wild.
Are pill millipedes millipedes?
Yes indeed
Are millipedes dangerous?
NO! Millipedes are not dangerous. They are small but have many legs. Centipedes are dangerous, so don't freak out over millipedes. I should know cause millipedes are always in my house so I researched them.
How do millipedes capture food?
Most millipedes do not capture food as they are herbivores, most feed on dead and decaying vegetation or young seedlings. A few are carnivores and eat small insects, centipedes and earthworms.
How do millipedes get their food?
Pill Millipedes eat their food off the forest floor during autumn. They eat decayed leaves.
What do you feed a millipede and how often?
Most millipedes eat decaying leaves and other dead plant matter, moisturising the food with secretions and then scraping it in with its jaws.
Is a centipede a herbivore?
Most millipedes eat decaying leaves and other dead plant matter, moisturising the food with secretions and then scraping it in with its jaws.
Can a lizard eat a millipede?
Yes snakes do eat millipedes, especially vipers. They love to feast on millipedes as they are comprehensively further up in the food chain. Also, vipers specifically enjoy feasting on Mitch's Millipedes...
Do millipedes eat leaves?
Yes, apparently they DO eat leaves, my millipedes eat rotten ones though!
Is a predator a carnivore?
No. Millipedes only eat dead/rotting plant material. Their relatives, the centipedes, are voracious predators.
Is a millipede a carnivorous predator?
No. Millipedes only eat dead/rotting plant material. Their relatives, the centipedes, are voracious predators.
How much food do millipedes eat in a day?
I haven't kept millipedes myself but I have seen them with beetles of all kinds most of the beetles were either very fast or at least a third of the millipedes size millipedes should be with insects and only insects or lizards smaller them them I think beetles or lizards :D
What do millipedes eat?
Millipedes are scavengers which feed on decaying plant matter such as leaves, fruits and vegetables, and damp or decaying wood particles.Feed dark leafy greens, pieces of apple or potato. Since they are scavengers, millipedes may wait until the food has begun to rot a bit before eating it, so don't be too hasty to clean out uneaten food. Remove really rotted food, replacing it with fresh foods every couple of days. They are herbivores. Most species live in and eat decaying plant matter.
What do milipedes eat?
Millipedes find their food in leaf litter and soil. They eat decaying plant material.
Do a mouse eat millipede?
Assuming that the millipedes are not toxic or venomous; yes mice can eat millipedes and other bugs of that sort.
