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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Xystodesmidae » Xystodesmini » Harpaphe » Harpaphe haydeniana
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Is this a flat-backed millipede? - Harpaphe haydeniana
Copyright © 2008 Kildale

Is this a flat-backed millipede? - Harpaphe haydeniana
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
August 2, 2008
Found this while out on a field trip. The only picture that I could find that looked like this was os a flat-backed millipede. Would this be correct?
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Contributed by Kildale on 3 August, 2008 - 5:27pm
Last updated 24 March, 2015 - 9:16am

Moved
Moved from Harpaphe.
… John S. Ascher, 24 March, 2015 - 9:16am login or register to post comments

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… Eric R. Eaton, 30 January, 2009 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

clown millipede infestation?
i am loving this website. i have learned so much! i resides in Singapore, on a landscape farmland and in recent months, these clown millipedes have infested our land and some of them has moved into the dwelling house. any advise on how to stop this infestation? i am finding hundreds of them everyday *sigh*
… Mike, 19 January, 2009 - 12:17am login or register to post comments

Harpaphe haydeniana
This would be of genus Harpaphe, likely H. haydeniana, often referred to as a Clown Millipede.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 3 August, 2008 - 11:36pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thank you for the ID it is appreciated, thanks.
… Kildale, 3 August, 2008 - 11:50pm login or register to post comments

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