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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Xystodesmidae » Xystodesmini » Harpaphe » Harpaphe haydeniana
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White millipede - Harpaphe haydeniana
Copyright © 2009 Natalie McNear

White millipede - Harpaphe haydeniana
Mendocino County, California, USA
November 8, 2009
Size: 4 cm length

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Contributed by Natalie McNear on 12 November, 2009 - 1:29am
Last updated 28 November, 2009 - 7:19pm

Moved
Moved from Millipedes.
… Natalie McNear, 15 November, 2009 - 11:51am login or register to post comments

These whitish millipeds are a
These whitish millipeds are all juveniles/immature xystodesmidae, and from Mendocino Co., they have to be Harpaphe haydeniana. Juveniles typically lack pigmentation because their stages are too transient to justify metabolic investment in developing pigment, only to molt again and lose it. Rowland Shelley
… Rowland Shelley, 15 November, 2009 - 10:54am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the information! I
Thanks for the information! I've been seeing white millipedes like this my entire life and always wondered what they are... These juveniles seem to be extremely common, but I've only seen fully-colored adults maybe five or six times in my life.
… Natalie McNear, 15 November, 2009 - 11:50am login or register to post comments

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