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Redfeather Prairie/Saylorville Lake millipede - Oxidus gracilis
Copyright © 2011 Inger

Redfeather Prairie/Saylorville Lake millipede - Oxidus gracilis
Saylorville lake/redfeather prairie/bikepath, Polk County, Iowa, USA
July 4, 2011
Size: 1 inch
On July 2 there were thousands of these millipedes, all walking in the same direction on the bikepath. July 3 there were still quite a few, July 4 hard to find any except those that died on the asphalt.
Contributed by Inger on 4 July, 2011 - 11:06am
Last updated 29 October, 2015 - 8:45am

Moved
Moved from Paradoxosomatidae.

Image quality not the best, but I liked the description of behavior.
… Jeff Brown, 29 October, 2015 - 8:45am

Greenhouse Millipede
It is a Greenhouse Millipede, Oxidus gracilis.
… Jeff Brown, 16 November, 2014 - 7:42pm

Moved
Moved from Millipedes.
… John F. Carr, 1 December, 2011 - 6:15pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Corey Husic, 19 July, 2011 - 6:01pm

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