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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Paradoxosomatidae » Oxidus » Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis)
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Millipedes - Oxidus gracilis - male - female
Copyright © 2006 Jonathan Burishkin

Millipedes - Oxidus gracilis - Male Female
Collegedale, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
August 12, 2006
First time ive ever seen them like this.
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Contributed by Jonathan Burishkin on 30 August, 2006 - 9:33pm
Last updated 7 March, 2007 - 10:38pm

Moved
Moved from Millipedes.
… john and jane balaban, 7 March, 2007 - 10:38pm login or register to post comments

Oxidus gracilis (Polydesmida:
Oxidus gracilis (Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae).
… Rowland Shelley, 6 March, 2007 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

Courtship
A lot of times the male millipede will run over the top of the female to stimulate her with his legs. I've seen it with captive African giants and also desert millipedes (Orthoporus ornatus). It's interesting to see them mosey along at a slow pace, and then all of a sudden a male will move really fast over the top of a female. Once he reaches her head, they turn face-to-face for copulation, or sperm transfer.
… Aaron Goodwin, 30 August, 2006 - 10:36pm login or register to post comments

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