Millipedes are not insects but belong with insects in the phylum arthropod. All arthropods have a body made of many parts or segments. They also have an exoskeleton which is hard covering on the outside of their bodies that functions as a skeleton. Arthropods mean jointed legs or appendages. Appendages of arthropods may be modified for feeling, feeding, walking, and sometimes swimming. Millipedes mean a thousand feet but millipedes have between 50 and 150 pairs of legs. Millipedes have segmented … [Read more...]