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Millipede?
Copyright © 2009 Wade Clark

Millipede?
apollo, armstrong County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 21, 2009
Size: approx. 2 inches

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Millipede? Millipede?
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Contributed by Wade Clark on 21 May, 2009 - 12:01pm
Last updated 16 October, 2009 - 3:28pm

Moved
Moved from Millipedes.
… John F. Carr, 16 October, 2009 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

What regions is this located?
We were hiking in the Hocking Hills in Ohio this weekend? What an amazing creature of color. My four year old thought it was a caterpiller. The yellow legs are so vivid. Thank you !
… Holly Swanson, 8 June, 2009 - 12:07pm login or register to post comments

 
We are in south western PA. A
We are in south western PA. About 40 miles north and east of pittsburgh.
… Wade Clark, 9 June, 2009 - 8:24pm login or register to post comments

Yes-
It's a Polydesmidae, something like Apheloria virginiensis? Don't know them that well.
… Chris Grinter, 22 May, 2009 - 2:48am login or register to post comments

wow, great colors.
wow, that's pretty beast! I agree that it's a millipede but those colors are very strange, usually found in tropical animals.
… M. N. O'Donnell, 21 May, 2009 - 3:47pm login or register to post comments

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