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Millipedes - Oxidus gracilis - male - female
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Millipedes - Oxidus gracilis - Male Female
Gray Court, Laurens County, South Carolina, USA
August 27, 2014
Contributed by S Moorman on 26 October, 2014 - 7:37am

Agreed
I'll have to observe some more closely, interesting possibility on this behavior mentioned by Sam on this one:


The male is on top again, it would be interesting to do a longer term observation to see if it is pre or post mating, and if post mating he sticks around until after she lays her eggs.
… Jeff Brown, 26 October, 2014 - 7:33pm

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