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I have noticed that my flamelegs sometimes have a segment near the posterior end of the body that is much lighter than the others. Is this evidence of a recent molt?
Almost the very end. Just like in Cavedweller's photo, (thanks for posting it!) but not all of the juvenile millipedes show it all of the time. Since I know the add segments when they molt, I wondered if there was a connection.Are you talking about the very end of the millipede?
That makes a lot of sense. Thanks!I think those are just new segments in development as Cavedweller said. They go away/get integrated into the rest of the pede as the animal gets older.
They are more apparent just after molting I think, and then they fill out and color up...the millipede "expands" prior to molting, whereas it is "compressed" after molting from my observations....this is so it can grow in between.