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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Spirobolida » Spirobolidae » Narceus » Narceus americanus/annularis complex (Narceus americanus-annularis-complex)
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millipede with eggs - Narceus americanus-annularis-complex - female
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millipede with eggs - Narceus americanus-annularis-complex - Female
Columbia, Lexington County, South Carolina, USA
May 17, 2010
Size: about an inch in diameter
Found this millipede with what appears to be eggs when I disturbed some debris by the side of my house. Can someone ID the species?

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Contributed by sfloydevans on 17 May, 2010 - 12:11pm
Last updated 11 June, 2013 - 11:17am

Moved
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… Ben Coulter, 11 June, 2013 - 11:17am login or register to post comments

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… John F. Carr, 19 May, 2010 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

Giant American Millipede?
Possibly a Giant American Millipede (Narceus americanus)? I'm no expert though.
… Stephen, 17 May, 2010 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Stephen
I looked at other photos of that species, and that's most certainly what mine looked like! They are very common in and around my yard!
… sfloydevans, 17 May, 2010 - 2:21pm login or register to post comments

 
The placement of the fertile millipede offspring
Do these millipedes usually settle in this contorted state, while their eggs rest on top of them? Is this behavior ubiquitous among millipedes?
… TheDreadedLeaffootedBug, 29 September, 2018 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

 
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Eggs are laid singly in a cup the mother builds, so either these are eggs that have spilled out of an injured individual, or perhaps they're the eggs of something else. :O
… Jonas Insinga, 4 August, 2020 - 5:33pm login or register to post comments

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