Ma Lu belongs to Arthropoda, Polypoda, diplopoda, and arthropods. It is about 21 ~ 35 mm long, dark brown, and the back sides and limbs are reddish yellow. Ma Lu can spit out liquid with pungent smell, and Madagascar scarlet Ma Lu in the tropical rain forest can make people blind for a moment.

The shape is as shown in the figure:

When Ma Lu walks, his left and right feet move at the same time, and his front and rear feet move forward in turn, closely connected into a wave-like movement, which is very rhythmic. However, although it has a lot of feet, its action is very slow. There are about 11111 species of Ma Lu in the world. The largest millipede in the world is the African giant Ma Lu, which can reach 38 cm long and 4 cm in diameter. The body is dark and bright, and after being touched, its body will twist into a spiral.

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Ma Lu likes damp, and generally lives on the surface of lawn soil, under clods and squares, or in soil crevices, and generally lurks during the day and moves at night. In case of danger or when Ma Lu is touched, he will curl his body into a ring, showing a "suspended animation", and resume his activities after a period of time. Ma Lu generally harms young roots, tender seedlings, tender stems and leaves of plants.

Ma Lu's eggs are laid on the lawn soil surface, and the eggs are laid in piles. There is a transparent sticky substance outside the eggs, and each egg can lay about 311 eggs. At a suitable temperature, eggs hatch into larvae in about 21 days and mature in a few months. Ma Lu breeds 1 times in 1 years, and its life span can reach more than 1 years.

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