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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Polydesmidae » Polydesmus
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Pinkish Millipede - Polydesmus
Copyright © 2006 Cheryl Moorehead

Pinkish Millipede - Polydesmus
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
October 1, 2006
Size: 13mm
I had a blurry photo posted (now in Frass) that I had thought at first was a symphylan, until I saw that it had 2 legs per segment. Today, I found this pinkish little thing under the same brick as the other one in my garden. :)
I feel a lot better about getting any kind of ID from these photos, than the white one...undoubtedly one of these that had just molted.

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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 1 October, 2006 - 5:48pm
Last updated 9 March, 2007 - 1:56pm

Moved
Moved from Polydesmida.
… john and jane balaban, 9 March, 2007 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

Kepolydesmus pungo
According to Plants & Animals of the Pacific Northwest (1), on page 84, it mentions a flattened species of millipede that is usually pinkish brown with yellowish patches on the lateral portions of the segments. It can reach a length of 3 cm.

If somebody would like to make a species page, I think that it's a safe bet that this is the species mentioned in the subject line of this comment
… Cheryl Moorehead, 3 October, 2006 - 10:44am login or register to post comments

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