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Blue Cloud Forest Millipede

Pararhachistes potosinus

Photo by LuisStevens
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Field Notes

Description:

Blue Cloud Forest Millipede. This beautiful millipede is fairly common in the cloud forests of northern Mexico. This is a flattened millipede rather than the cylindrical ones that are often encountered. It went into hiding when I was taking the photo.

Habitat:

Cloud forest at 2300 m asl. In Oak forest.

Notes:

It is my spotting 4,100.

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Comments (33)
Maria dB
Congratulations on your SOTD, 4100th spotting and very nice find!
LuisStevens
Thank you for your kind words Frederic, beaker98, António and Gilma.
AntónioGinjaGinja
Great spotting Luis,amazing collour for a Millipede,congrats on the SOTD and on the 4100th one and thanks for sharing
LuisStevens
Thank you for your nice comments sunnyjosef, Daniele, Lauren, Wild Things, Sukanya, Rob, Adarsha, Mark, Jorge, armadeus.4, James, Dilan and Irina.
James McNair
Good job Luis. Well deserved SOTD for this amazing creature.
Liana
Congratulations on your SOTD Luis! I didn't know blue millipedes existed. Thank you for sharing :)
Adarsha B S
Awesome colors on this one..Amazing spotting Luis... Congratulations :)
sunnyjosef
Great find Luis!!!! And congrats on you SOTD...
LuisStevens
Thank you Karen. I'm very honored. Glad to be part of this great community of nature lovers in Project Noah.
KarenL
Congrats Luis,  your striking blue millipede is our Spotting of the Day! The blues cloud forest millipede's vivid color warns potential predators of the toxic secretions it produces. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/posts/10154549594265603 Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/506641798228234240
R.Garcia
It's completely amazing! Astonishing. Congrats!
StirredMocha
Congrats on number 4100! This is such a beautiful and unusual animal!

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PublishedAugust 31, 2014

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