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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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Millepede - Narceus americanus-annularis-complex
Copyright © 2004 Steve Nanz

Millepede - Narceus americanus-annularis-complex
Promised Land, Pike County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 24, 2004
This milleped was quite large, over 1 1/2 inches if my memory is right.
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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 6 August, 2004 - 4:50am
Last updated 15 July, 2010 - 7:14am

Narceus americanus (Beauvois,
Narceus americanus (Beauvois, 1817) (Spirobolida: Spirobolidae) again, the most common millipede species in eastern North America.
… Rowland Shelley, 6 March, 2007 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

 
stupid question?
This might be a stupid question, but so be it! ;)

Is this the common little millipede I always see when I turn over logs? Those seem just plain brownish. I've never seen one with red stripes, and certainly none reaching 3 inches. I'd LOVE to see this fellow, though. He's gorgeous.
… karenp, 26 January, 2008 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Nope
I think you may be referring to the fellows in this group here which do look like small plain versions.
… Steve Nanz, 1 February, 2008 - 3:02am login or register to post comments

Possibly Narceus americana, North American Millipede.
It gets large; over 3 inches long.
… Mark Moran, 6 August, 2004 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Mark - Thank you for the help. It probably was closer to three inches now that I'm thinking about it.
… Steve Nanz, 7 August, 2004 - 3:46am login or register to post comments

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