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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Bristly Millipedes (Polyxenida) » Polyxenidae » Polyxenus » Polyxenus lagurus
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millipede - Polyxenus lagurus
Copyright © 2008 Ilona L.

millipede - Polyxenus lagurus
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
September 20, 2008
Size: ~3mm
I came across several of these larva this afternoon. They moved very fast and looked almost like fat miniature millipedes.
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 20 September, 2008 - 10:08pm
Last updated 5 January, 2011 - 9:33pm

Very cool.
I've never found one or seen one but now I want to.
… MJ Hatfield, 8 January, 2012 - 5:18pm login or register to post comments

 
millipede
I seem to find a lot of them (well, at least several) by our rock wall garden.
… Ilona L., 8 January, 2012 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Polyxenus.
… Ilona L., 21 September, 2008 - 11:24am login or register to post comments

POLYXENUS!
Believe it or not this is actually a millipede! Polyxenus millipedes are covered in protective hairs, much like a porcupine (well, not quite but you get the idea).
http://bugguide.net/node/view/97419
… Jonas Insinga, 20 September, 2008 - 10:59pm login or register to post comments

Could be
a Carpet Beetle larva.

In my experience they are fast.
I can barely understand how.
… James Bailey, 20 September, 2008 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

 
i was sure it's a carpet larva, too... fooled me big time!
nice shot!
… v belov, 20 September, 2008 - 10:48pm login or register to post comments

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