Question

Do Millipedes eat detritus?

Answer 1

Detritus:

1. It is a substance composed of leaves and other plant parts, waste products, animal remains, and other organic debris that falls from surrounding terrestrial communities into soil or bodies of water.
2. It is also a dead particulate organic material.
3. Millipedes are harmful, they eat dead organisms and their waste products.
4. They contribute to natural cycles by breaking down plant matter that is decomposed by microbes.

Millipedes eat detritus.