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American Millipede

Narceus americanus

Photo by turner_terry
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

About 3 inches long dark red/brown. On a hiking trail on Talcott Mtn. Someone must have stepped on him- back legs aren't being used.

Habitat:

Trail- mountain

Species ID Suggestions

American Millipede

Narceus americanus

Comments (2)

We saw three of them on this hike, so we began to suspect they were common! Thank you.
Lovely little millipedes! Fortunately they are not all that uncommon!
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2014

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