Hello hive I’m happy to share what I discovered today. I have monitored this particular animal called Desmoxytes Cervina belonging to the family of Paradoxosomatide. When I was small my parents used to tell me that this particular species of millipede eat a lot of yam and I was growing I keep seeing them mostly in our yam bank. Below I have a recorded video showing what happened leading me to take the pictures and videos. The sun was hot today and the Desmoxytes Cervina was under the sun so she can’t continue to stay under the sun and decided to look for a grass to his under.
If you look below you will see the Desmoxytes Cervina hiding it face. From what I monitored the Desmoxytes Cervina was trying to hide it face from the sun since the sun was much at least her complete face needed more protection.
Looking at another image is the Desmoxytes Cervina trying to hide under the grass because of the sun
The same images is still showing the Desmoxytes Cervina not yet comfortable under the sun which means that the grass is not all that bushy to cover her so in the image I t keep moving around the grass.
Looking at the image below the Desmoxytes Cervina had the opportunity to hide under the stone but didn’t have that i mind well maybe the stone was already hot.
As I was moving around to have this pictures below is the Desmoxytes Cervina under the same grass but still not yet hidden under the sun because the grass didn’t cover the whole of her body. Had it been that the grass were much the Desmoxytes Cervina would have been comfortable instead of moving around.
Looking at the image below the Desmoxytes Cervina was already close to a place that will be cold to her body at least it will save her from the sun. Why I said so is that I know amoaba reserve a lot of water so that sound her well.
If you look at the other images you’ll see that the Desmoxytes Cervina made it to a place where there’s a lot of amoaba and has enough water to keep the animal comfortably free from the sun.
I may noticed that the Desmoxytes Cervina was more comfortable staying in amoaba environment which maybe as there’s present of moisture.
Please I didn’t have much to talk about the Desmoxytes Cervina and in that regard I’ll provide you with some sources which I have also consulted.
Note: I took the pictures and videos myself using IPhone during afternoon June 5, 2025.
References
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmoxytes_cervina
https://www.aces.edu/blog/topics/lawn-garden/controlling-millipedes/