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Photo#102338
Harpaphe haydeniana

Harpaphe haydeniana
Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California, USA
April 8, 2007
Size: ~ 5 cm
Image was made in Sanborn Park on asphalt road near redwoods.

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Harpaphe haydeniana Harpaphe haydeniana

Moved
Moved from Millipedes.

Harpaphe sp.
This is likely in the genus Harpaphe, in the flatbacked millipede order Polydesmida. Careful, they secrete cyanide compounds as a defense.

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