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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Polyzoniida » Hirudisomatidae » Octoglena » Octoglena anura
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Unidentified Centipede/Millipede - Octoglena anura
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Unidentified Centipede/Millipede - Octoglena anura
Bellevue, King County, Washington, USA
December 1, 2015
Much wider in respect to length than any centipede I've ever seen. Believe it was rather small... no more than 1" long perhaps (wish I'd measured). At first thought I was seeing an orange slug, and not until gently flipping it over did I recognize it was a legs = 2x little critter. Looks like antennae visible on the shot of the underside I will add. Individual was on a surface covered by slime mold which was what I was investigating at the time... on dead wood (stump or long)

QUESTION: Those little gray things near its head on upper left side, I've seen these little things before... anybody recognize what they are?

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Contributed by AnimalGuy on 7 December, 2015 - 9:30am
Last updated 15 December, 2015 - 9:52pm

Moved
Moved from Polyzoniida.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 15 December, 2015 - 9:52pm login or register to post comments

Yes. It is Octoglena anura Co
Yes. It is Octoglena anura Cook, 1904 (Polyzoniida: Hirudisomatidae).
… Rowland Shelley, 15 December, 2015 - 9:49pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Millipedes.
… Derek Hennen, 13 December, 2015 - 1:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 7 December, 2015 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

 
Octoglena anura?
I had the impression this was a bit bigger, but after further scrutiny on google finally getting me back to bug guide by finding one with some similar features until I could find similar color, I wonder about "Octoglena anura"
http://bugguide.net/node/view/356279

It appears to be a bit more slender than the picture I got, but I suppose it might have been resting in more of a compressed state not intended for locomotion. The legs on the underside almost seem too close together, but the way they work in unison that might be normal I suppose!
… AnimalGuy, 8 December, 2015 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Certainly a possibility.
With luck, one of the experts will be able to say for sure.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 December, 2015 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

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