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unknown millipede found near Forks Creek - Harpaphe haydeniana
Copyright © 2008 caz

unknown millipede found near Forks Creek - Harpaphe haydeniana
Ketchikan, Southeast Alaska County, Alaska, USA
June 12, 2008
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Contributed by caz on 15 September, 2008 - 12:10am
Last updated 6 December, 2008 - 8:59pm

Moved
Moved from Millipedes.
… john and jane balaban, 6 December, 2008 - 8:59pm login or register to post comments

This millipede is Harpaphe ha
This millipede is Harpaphe haydeniana (order Polydesmida: family Xystodesmidae), the same millipede that occurs in coastal Washington, Oregon, and northern California. It ranges northward up the Pacific Coast from the vicinity of Big Sur, Monterey Co., Calif., through British Columbia, Canada, to the southernmost islands in the Alaska panhandle -- Revillegigedo (where Ketchikan is), Prince of Wales, Annette (where Metlakatla is) and Dall islands. Rowland Shelley
… Rowland Shelley, 17 September, 2008 - 6:10pm login or register to post comments

Probably Harpaphe sp.
These millipedes secrete a cyanide compound in self-defense, so best not to lick them:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 September, 2008 - 1:30am login or register to post comments

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