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Light colored Harpaphe haydeniana? - Harpaphe haydeniana
Copyright © 2008 Mark Leppin

Light colored Harpaphe haydeniana? - Harpaphe haydeniana
Yamhill County, Oregon, USA
June 22, 2007
Size: ~2" +/-
Found in an area which had been deforested for the lumber industry. The area was likely well forested in conifers and ferns but is now a dry wasteland to the species that once lived there.
Contributed by Mark Leppin on 1 December, 2008 - 9:54am
Last updated 16 January, 2009 - 10:57pm

Moved
Moved from Millipedes.
… Lynette Elliott, 16 January, 2009 - 10:57pm

Yes...
This is the common coastal yellow-spotted forest millepede (H. Haydeniana).
… Ross Hill, 2 December, 2008 - 11:43am

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