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Unknown millipede? - Harpaphe
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Unknown millipede? - Harpaphe
los gatos, santa clara County, California, USA
May 1, 2020
A friend sent this photo to me asking for ID. I'm stumped so figure I'd ask the experts!
Contributed by amyanonymous on 21 May, 2020 - 3:42pm
Last updated 26 May, 2020 - 8:21am

Moved for expert attention
Moved from Millipedes.

Likely Harpaphe haydeniana.
… Jeff Brown, 26 May, 2020 - 8:21am

Cropped and moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Thinking something in Xystodesmidae.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 21 May, 2020 - 4:43pm

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