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38 pairs of legs
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

38 pairs of legs
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 23, 2007
Size: ~4cm
Found in the leaf litter.

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Contributed by tom murray on 23 March, 2007 - 8:35pm
Last updated 25 March, 2007 - 8:50pm

Thanks Rowland
It looked like a soil centipede to me, but the description on the info page in bugguide says they always have an odd number of legs.
… tom murray, 25 March, 2007 - 8:50pm login or register to post comments

A representative of the order
A representative of the order Geophilomorpha
… Rowland Shelley, 25 March, 2007 - 7:03pm login or register to post comments

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