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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Spirostreptida » Spirostreptidae » Orthoporus » Orthoporus ornatus
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large millipede - Orthoporus ornatus
Copyright © 2005 Rachel R.

large millipede - Orthoporus ornatus
Alamagordo, New Mexico, USA
July 17, 2002
Size: ~ 6 inches
We found this millipede on a rock in a campground near the White Sands National Monument.
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Contributed by Rachel R. on 20 September, 2005 - 11:19am
Last updated 16 October, 2005 - 8:42pm

This milliped is Orthoporus o
This milliped is Orthoporus ornatus (Girard, 1853) (order Spirostreptida: family Spirostreptidae); it is extremely common in the southwestern American deserts and is one of the few millipedes that actually thrives in such arid environments
… Rowland Shelley, 6 October, 2005 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Guam millipede
This looks just like a millipede we found on Guam. Is there some other species that is more likely to be here? The fact that this species does well in arid regions would be helpful in our dry season. I'm not sure how the rainy season affects it.
… Mike Sabin, 17 April, 2006 - 7:25am login or register to post comments

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