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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Spirostreptida » Spirostreptidae » Orthoporus » Orthoporus ornatus
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Unknown - Orthoporus ornatus
Copyright © 2010 Fred Williams

Unknown - Orthoporus ornatus
Big Bend National Park, Hot springs area, Brewster County, Texas, USA
September 25, 2009
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Contributed by Fred Williams on 5 February, 2010 - 8:40am
Last updated 5 February, 2010 - 7:20pm

Moved
Moved from Millipedes.
… John F. Carr, 5 February, 2010 - 7:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Many thanks, John. Fred
Many thanks, John.
Fred
… Fred Williams, 6 February, 2010 - 8:00am login or register to post comments

It is the common desert spiro
It is the common desert spirostreptid ,Orthoporus ornatus (Girard, 1853). Rowland Shelley
… Rowland Shelley, 5 February, 2010 - 7:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Many thanks, Rowland! Fred
Many thanks, Rowland!
Fred
… Fred Williams, 6 February, 2010 - 7:57am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 5 February, 2010 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

A Millipede
of some sort. I can't tell you any more than that, unfortunately. Perhaps someone else will be able to give you more information. In the meantime, you can read about them in the Guide here.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 February, 2010 - 8:55am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Ken. Fred
Thanks, Ken.
Fred
… Fred Williams, 6 February, 2010 - 8:02am login or register to post comments

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