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BugGuide Gathering
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July 10-12, 2009
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Family Parajulidae

Unknown centipede/ millipede big millipede Common Millipede Curled Up Millipede - Bollmaniulus Millipede - male Karteroiulus alaskanus - Kateroiulus alaskanus Millipede millipede
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order Julida
Family Parajulidae
Range
The indigenous North American family Parajulidae (order Julida) 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. From comment of Dr Rowland Shelley here