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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Polydesmidae » Scytonotus » Granulated Millipede (Scytonotus granulatus)
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Millipede ID - Scytonotus granulatus
Copyright © 2008 Scott Justis

Millipede ID - Scytonotus granulatus
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
November 22, 2008
Size: ~12mm

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Contributed by Scott Justis on 22 November, 2008 - 9:21pm
Last updated 23 November, 2008 - 10:31pm

Moved
Moved from Polydesmida.
… Scott Justis, 23 November, 2008 - 10:31pm login or register to post comments

This is Scytonotus granulatus
This is Scytonotus granulatus (Say, 1821) (Polydesmida; Polydesmidae), a native and widespread species in the eastern US. Rowland Shelley
… Rowland Shelley, 23 November, 2008 - 9:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
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… Scott Justis, 23 November, 2008 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

Nice photos!
Notice it doesn't have any eyes?

This lil' guy belongs to the order Polydesmida. These millipedes you can tell apart by the flattened back plates that stick out over the legs.
… Jonas Insinga, 23 November, 2008 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

 
I coldn't see anything that looked
like eye spots. If it does have eyes, they must be very tiny.
… Scott Justis, 23 November, 2008 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

 
The eyes are actually big, do
The eyes are actually big, do You see the little humps on the side of his face? I think those are his eyes. They are just the same color so there hard to see.
… super1968, 27 March, 2014 - 9:02am login or register to post comments

 
No, those aren't eyes. Millip
No, those aren't eyes. Millipedes in the order Polydesmida do not have eyes.
… Derek Hennen, 27 March, 2014 - 1:40pm login or register to post comments

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