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Huge Milipede - Narceus americanus
Copyright © 2005 zik

Huge Milipede - Narceus americanus
Yellow River Forest, Iowa, USA
August 14, 2005
Really big Milipede that we found while camping at Yellow River Forest (NE Iowa)
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Contributed by zik on 11 June, 2006 - 2:36pm
Last updated 14 June, 2006 - 1:20pm

Narceus americanus (Beauvois,
Narceus americanus (Beauvois, 1817) (Spirobolida: Spirobolidae) again, the most common millipede species in eastern North America.
… Rowland Shelley, 6 March, 2007 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

I think it's an American Gian
I think it's an American Giant Millipede (Narceus americanus).
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 11 June, 2006 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks right
- I'll move this to the guide.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 14 June, 2006 - 1:22pm login or register to post comments

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