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Millipede-like specimen - Xystocheir dissecta

Millipede-like specimen - Xystocheir dissecta
Novato, Marin County, California, USA
December 27, 2011
Size: approx. 1-1.5 inches
(Sorry it's not the best shot) Found him in a flower pot in my yard during the afternoon; was curled up in the soil. He was not eager to move, and did so very slowly. He looks like a slightly flattened, yellow-green woodlouse or millipede of some sort. I've called these "cutworms" since I was a kid, but it seems that name refers to a caterpillar whereas this is clearly not. They're pretty common in Northern California, so I thought identification would be easy, but I haven't been able to find a name as of yet. Can anyone help?

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Moved from Millipedes.

Based on Marin Co., this is p
Based on Marin Co., this is probably a recently molted, and hence not fully pigmented, individual of a subspecies of Xystocheir dissecta (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Rowland Shelley

 
Thanks!... good to know
Thanks!... good to know

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Two pairs of legs per body segment makes this a millipede, indeed. The experts will be able to take the ID further.

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