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Common Millipede
Copyright © 2006 Lynette Schimming

Common Millipede
Thompson Falls, Sanders County, Montana, USA
October 15, 2006
Size: around 4 cm
Found under most wood, rocks in our area.
Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 30 October, 2006 - 7:43pm
Last updated 6 March, 2007 - 9:20pm

Moved
Moved from Millipedes.
… Lynette Schimming, 6 March, 2007 - 9:20pm

A representative (unknown gen
A representative (unknown genus & species) of the indigenous North American family Parajulidae (order Julida). Parajulidae is the dominant millipede family in North America, which occurs, or may be expected, in the Alaskan panhandle, all the major provinces of Canada from BC to New Brunswick, every county in every state of the lower 48, every state in Mexico, and in most of Guatemala.
… Rowland Shelley, 6 March, 2007 - 8:58pm

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