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Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

Giant pill millipede

Habitat:

Tropical rainforest

Notes:

I spotted many of these in Tawau Hills park. This is my first spotting using the project Noah app. Photographed and posted entirely with an iPod touch.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (11)
ChunXingWong
I have sent an ID request to a couple of millipede specialists. They have confirmed that this species is under the Zephronidae family. Possible genera are Castanotherium sp. and Sphaeropoeus sp.
ChunXingWong
I am suggesting that it is from the Zephronidae family. Zephronidae pill millipedes are larger, have 12 body segments and found in Southeast Asia.
Mark Ridgway
Glomeridae ! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomeridae
Dan Doucette
Ooooo, a centipede problem. That sucks. Some have a very nasty sting and although I've been bitten and stung by tons of things in the rainforest, so far I have managed to avoid a centipede sting. Knock on wood!
mauna Kunzah
Welcome, D. I didn't seen any insects that large in Hawaii, although I've heard that there is a centipede "problem" in some areas.
Dan Doucette
Thanks K! Do they have anything like these in Hawaii?

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PublishedJanuary 28, 2014

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