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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Xystodesmidae » Apheloriini » Apheloria » Apheloria virginiensis » Apheloria virginiensis corrugata
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Unknown Millipede? - Apheloria virginiensis
Copyright © 2018 Bob Spicer

Unknown Millipede? - Apheloria virginiensis
Cromwell Valley Park, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
June 10, 2018
Size: 2"-3"
There were 5-10 of these on the branches of a fallen tulip poplar. They seemed dead but looked "fresh".

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Contributed by Bob Spicer on 10 June, 2018 - 1:11pm
Last updated 25 August, 2018 - 6:42pm

Moved
Moved from Pleuroloma flavipes.
… Derek Hennen, 25 August, 2018 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Millipedes.

They have succumbed to a entomopathogenic fungi, which causes them to climb to an elevated position, hold on, and die, allowing the spores to disperse.

You can see more examples in this forum topic.
… Jeff Brown, 10 June, 2018 - 8:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting
Thank you
… Bob Spicer, 10 June, 2018 - 9:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 10 June, 2018 - 1:16pm login or register to post comments

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