Purwo millipede or keluwing purwo (Luwing purwo) is a species of animal in the Spirostreptidae, dark gray or blue and shiny, round head with a pair of antennae, each segment has a black dot on each side, the most posterior segment does not have a thorns.
L. purwo moves slowly and when touched it will remain silent. keluwing purwo is a herbivore, eating plants to get all the nutrients. including fruit, wood and dry leaves, but sometimes also living plant parts.
Generally foraging at night, but sometimes found wandering in the morning. Keluwing breed in burrows to lay eggs, after which the burrows are closed, then abandoned.
Purwo millipede lives on the lowland rainforest floor or near the coast. Live in colonies or solitary. They spend most of their time in underground caves and tunnels to rest.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Spirostreptida
Family: Spirostreptidae
Genus: Luwing
Species: Luwing purwo
L. purwo moves slowly and when touched it will remain silent. keluwing purwo is a herbivore, eating plants to get all the nutrients. including fruit, wood and dry leaves, but sometimes also living plant parts.
Generally foraging at night, but sometimes found wandering in the morning. Keluwing breed in burrows to lay eggs, after which the burrows are closed, then abandoned.
Purwo millipede lives on the lowland rainforest floor or near the coast. Live in colonies or solitary. They spend most of their time in underground caves and tunnels to rest.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Spirostreptida
Family: Spirostreptidae
Genus: Luwing
Species: Luwing purwo