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Millipede - Oxidus gracilis
Copyright © 2006 bnuts40

Millipede - Oxidus gracilis
Georgia, USA
May 25, 2006
Size: 10-15 mm
These milipedes congregate after dark on wet moss growing on a log in a rain-barrel ecosystem. Color ranges from a darker hue on the larger specimins to lighter hue on smaller specimins. Possibly sex differences as opposed to age differences ?

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Contributed by bnuts40 on 29 May, 2006 - 8:38am
Last updated 8 March, 2007 - 5:42pm

Moved
Moved from Polydesmida.
… john and jane balaban, 8 March, 2007 - 5:43pm login or register to post comments

Oxidus gracilis again.
Oxidus gracilis again.
… Rowland Shelley, 5 March, 2007 - 9:21pm login or register to post comments

Interesting
They sort of look like the black ones I've seen after a heavy rain shower. Note: there were hundreds of them!
… Brittanie Christina McCormack, 2 July, 2006 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

 
These were taken on one of my
These were taken on one of my "rain barrels" (garden pond in a barrel).
There is a partially submerged log in one that stays constantly wet.
Moss (seen in second image) grows on the wet area - this is where the millipedes have taken residence. Unfortunately they have "de-nuded" most of the moss off of the log in just a few weeks. When I see them, I relocate them to my compost pit now.
… bnuts40, 3 July, 2006 - 6:31am login or register to post comments

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