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Yellowish millipede - Petaserpes cryptocephalus

Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
September 30, 2013

Found among the roots of a Morrow's honeysuckle bush I had just dug up.

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Yellowish millipede - Petaserpes cryptocephalus

Yellowish millipede - Petaserpes cryptocephalus

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 21 December, 2013 - 1:17pm
Last updated 14 January, 2014 - 12:37pm

Yes. Petaserpes ?cryptocephal

Yes. Petaserpes ?cryptocephala (Polyzoniida: Polyzoniidae). In Sept., I collected, but subsequently lost (slipped through my fingers and I couldn't find it in the leaves), an individual in Berkshire Co. east of Pittsfield.

… Rowland Shelley, 1 December, 2014 - 6:31pm

Moved

Moved from Petaserpes.
Thanks!

… Charley Eiseman, 14 January, 2014 - 12:35pm

Shelley 1997 lists Petaserpes

Shelley 1997 lists Petaserpes cryptocephalus as the species in Massachusetts. He lists a record from Franklin County, also at the end of September, so it seems you're pretty spot on with your sighting!

… Derek Hennen, 13 January, 2014 - 10:46pm

Moved

Moved from Millipedes.

… Sam McNally, 21 December, 2013 - 7:56pm

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