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Millipede - Apheloria virginiensis

Millipede - Apheloria virginiensis
Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, USA
September 10, 2013
Size: ~ 40 mm
We found this sleepy little guy hiking along the Ithaca Waterfalls.

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Millipede - Apheloria virginiensis Millipede - Apheloria virginiensis

Moved
Moved from Xystodesmidae.

Apheloria virginiensis corrug
Apheloria virginiensis corrugata

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Similar...
I saw a similarly colored millipede in Treman Park.

The shape of the yellow is slightly different. Mine has a bulge along midline, yours has smooth bands.

 
Polydesmida
Ah, that was fast, when I look up the name, it also shows me pictures with smooth bands…

 
Many species
Polydesmida is an order of millipedes containing many species. This is probably in family Xystodesmidae, containing mostly strongly marked species. There are probably no more than 2-3 yellow and black species from Upstate New York, but I have trouble telling them apart.

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