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maybe flat back millipede
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maybe flat back millipede
Apex, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
February 1, 2025
Doesn't seem to be the common species of millipede I have seen around here.

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maybe flat back millipede maybe flat back millipede Xystodesmidae
Contributed by krghou on 1 February, 2025 - 1:50pm
Last updated 13 March, 2025 - 10:20pm

Moved
Moved from Millipedes.
… Curt Harden, 13 March, 2025 - 10:20pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Additional angles would probably be helpful if they're available.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 February, 2025 - 3:55pm

 
sorry, that was the only angl
sorry, that was the only angle I took. I got more interested in what it was after I looked at the picture.
… krghou, 1 February, 2025 - 3:59pm

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