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Field Notes

Notes:

Looks like a millipede or some such creepy crawly. ID appreciated.

Species ID Suggestions

Common pill-bug

Armadillidium vulgare

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Comments (5)
chesterbperry
Yes they are James, but this appears to be a pill millipede, an unrelated organism with similar form.
JamesHart
Pill bugs are the same as rollie pollies
chesterbperry
I would agree with that ID Vishal, I had never heard of pill millipedes, learn something new everyday. :)
Vishal
@Chester Elsewhere (on a different forum) the above bug has been suggested to be a pill millipede (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pill_millipede) which are apparently very similar and can be confused with pill bugs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillidiidae). I am inclined to the pill millipede classification based on the look of the segments. Let me know what you think.
chesterbperry
Looks like what we call "pill-bugs", they roll into a ball when threatened. They are a crustacean in the family Armadillidiidae, sorry can not help with genus or species.

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Biodiversity of Western Ghats (India)
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2013

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