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Greenhouse Millipede

Oxidus gracilis

Photo by The Mishka
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46.2393, -80.6478

Field Notes

Description:

- Slightly flattened, distinctly segmented body
- Legs usually paler than body
- Deep chestnut brown
- Male has 30 pairs of legs, female has 31

Habitat:

Native to Japan, these insects live in greenhouses and urban gardens and in woods near urbanised areas year round. They only eat soil and decompasing organic matter; they are not plant pests.

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PublishedOctober 2, 2011

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