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Photo#16148
large millipede - Narceus americanus

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

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Moved
Moved from Spirobolida.

 
That is a nice sized specimen
That is a nice sized specimen.
I have a 10.5 cm on at home.

Narceus americanus (Beauvois,
Narceus americanus (Beauvois, 1817) (Spirobolida: Spirobolidae) again, the most common millipede species in eastern North America.

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).