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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Glowworm Beetles (Phengodidae) » Phengodini » Glowworms (Phengodes)
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Millipede black with few segments - Phengodes
Copyright © 2020 Lynn Monroe

Millipede black with few segments - Phengodes
Rabbit Mountain Open Space, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
March 6, 2020
Size: about an inch
This millipede was out in early March on a slab of concrete in Rabbit Mountain Open Space, elevation ~5500'. It seems to have very few segments. We also have seen a black millipede in the foothills in early March in another year, but it is longer at 46 mm seems to have a great many segments: BG 1187525. Any help is much appreciated.
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Contributed by Lynn Monroe on 13 March, 2020 - 5:59pm
Last updated 15 September, 2021 - 10:26pm

Moved
Moved from Glowworm Beetles.
… v belov, 15 September, 2021 - 10:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Millipedes.
… Derek Hennen, 13 March, 2020 - 7:24pm login or register to post comments

Glowworm…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 13 March, 2020 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

 
A real surprise
I have seen male Phengodidae, but never a larva or female. On the concrete the little inch long black insect crawled like and looked like a millipede. Thank you so much for your identification! It is so helpful.
… Lynn Monroe, 14 March, 2020 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

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