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Pill Millipede

Sphaerotheriida

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Description:

These millipedes can roll into a ball when disturbed. Detritivores eating dead organic matter

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HemaShah
we call it a" Roly Poly" here and kids usually play with it and roll it down the drive ways. It then just uncurls itself and walks away....

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PublishedMay 6, 2011

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