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Greenhouse Millipede
Oxidus gracilis
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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