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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Spirobolida » Spirobolidae » Narceus » Narceus americanus/annularis complex (Narceus americanus)
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large millipede - Narceus americanus
Copyright © 2004 tom murray

large millipede - Narceus americanus
Quabbin, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
June 5, 2004
Size: 9cm
Is this a Narceus americanus?

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Contributed by tom murray on 1 May, 2005 - 10:13pm
Last updated 6 March, 2007 - 10:06pm

Moved
Moved from Spirobolida.
… tom murray, 6 March, 2007 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

 
That is a nice sized specimen
That is a nice sized specimen.
I have a 10.5 cm on at home.
… Randy Geiger, 23 June, 2009 - 2:32pm login or register to post comments

Narceus americanus (Beauvois,
Narceus americanus (Beauvois, 1817) (Spirobolida: Spirobolidae) again, the most common millipede species in eastern North America.
… Rowland Shelley, 6 March, 2007 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

That's what I've always figured
But I wonder if there are other similar looking species. If you disturb them too much they release a substance that stains your skin (I know from personal experience).
… Troy Bartlett, 2 May, 2005 - 7:52pm login or register to post comments

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