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Narceus americanus/annularis complex (Narceus americanus-annularis-complex)
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Copyright © 2004
Rattlebox Photography
American Giant Millipede (Narceus americanus) -
Narceus americanus-annularis-complex
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Tallahassee, Florida, USA
August 8, 2004
Contributed by
Rattlebox Photography
on 10 August, 2004 - 8:16am
Last updated 16 April, 2005 - 7:13pm
Narceus americanus (Beauvois,
Narceus americanus (Beauvois, 1817) (Spirobolida: Spirobolidae) again, the most common millipede species in eastern North America.
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Rowland Shelley
, 6 March, 2007 - 8:21pm
Do they shed?
I found a American Giant Millipede (Narceus americanus)in my bedroom the other day & I thought it was a spring! I picked it up & realized it was dead. As I was holding it, it broke apart in my hand & it was hollow inside.
My question is: was it just dead & decomposed or, as my wife asked, was it a shedding?
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Jake M.
, 22 July, 2005 - 5:20am
They have incomplete metamorphosis,
so the nymph sheds several times on its way to adulthood, each time gaining more segments (and legs). What you found was probably a cast-off skin. I've found them occasionally too.
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Hannah Nendick-Mason
, 16 October, 2005 - 1:06pm