to remain silent or hold oneself aloof in a sullen, ill-humored, or offended mood: Promise me that you won't sulk if I want to leave the party early. a state or fit of sulking. sulks, ill-humor shown by sulking: to be in the sulks. Also, sulker. a person who sulks.
Some cite the fact that secretions from the millipede repel other insects as a reason why they are beneficial. While millipedes do not bite, the sight of them can still be unnerving, especially when they appear in large numbers. They have the ability to crawl up walls and enter homes through small openings.
Contrary to their name (âmilliâ meaning âone thousandâ and âpedeâ meaning âfootâ), millipedes do not actually have a thousand legs. Their legs usually number in the hundreds, but the final count depends on the particular species. They have two pairs of legs coming from each body segment. This makes them easy to tell apart from centipedes (which have only one pair of legs per body segment). Australia has around 2000 species of millipedes, with most being nocturnal and feeding within the leaf litter and mosses of our moist forests.