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Millipede or centipede? - Phengodes
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Millipede or centipede? - Phengodes
NJ County, New Jersey, USA
What is this and is it a Centipede or a Millipede?
Also is it poisonous?
Thanks,
Contributed by Alien on 22 March, 2008 - 4:07pm
Last updated 13 September, 2009 - 10:29pm

Moved
Moved from Glowworm Beetles.
… v belov, 13 September, 2009 - 10:29pm

Not enough legs for the two you mention
Looks to us more like a beetle larva. It will be interesting to see what the coleopterists say. See
… john and jane balaban, 22 March, 2008 - 4:14pm

 
Right
You guys are right on, it is a glow-worm (Phengogidae), probably an adult female. With these beetles, the females stay larva-like (called larviform) at maturity while males pupate and molt into more beetle-like insects.
… Brad Barnd, 24 March, 2008 - 12:52am

 
Nice explanation.
Nice explanation from Brad. Ironically, phengodids feed exclusively on....millipedes!
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 March, 2008 - 4:23pm

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