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Schendyla nemorensis
Photo#1022006
Copyright © 2014
Even Dankowicz
Strigamia chionophila -
Schendyla nemorensis
Champaign County, Illinois, USA
May 29, 2014
42 pairs of legs
Contributed by
Even Dankowicz
on 25 November, 2014 - 10:46pm
Last updated 28 November, 2014 - 7:43pm
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Joseph DeSisto Alling
, 28 November, 2014 - 7:43pm
Schendyla nemorensis
The thickness of the last pair of legs is a give-away. Technically I would need to look at the last pair of legs and see if there are tarsal claws (there shouldn't be) but this species is very common in the northeast and they all look like this.
S. chionophila is a similar size and occupies the same range but like all Strigamia it has a "pin-headed" appearance, where the head is much narrower than the rest of the body.
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Joseph DeSisto Alling
, 28 November, 2014 - 7:43pm
Regarding a "pin-headed" appearance, how is this different from
--from the same location
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Even Dankowicz
, 29 November, 2014 - 6:08pm