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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Polydesmidae » Polydesmus
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Centipede larvae? - Polydesmus
Copyright © 2007 Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City

Centipede larvae? - Polydesmus
My back garden, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
January 6, 2007
Found on a bean pod laying on the ground.
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Contributed by Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City on 6 January, 2007 - 11:12am
Last updated 8 March, 2007 - 8:07pm

Moved
Moved from Millipedes.
… john and jane balaban, 8 March, 2007 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

Coming from a garden in an ur
Coming from a garden in an urban environment, this millipede is a representative of the introduced European genus Polydesmus.
… Rowland Shelley, 7 March, 2007 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

Diplopod
This is a flat-bodied millipede or diplopod. You can tell because it has two legs per apparent body segment. That's where the name diplopod comes from. (I say apparent because in reality each one is two that are fused together.)
… Jim McClarin, 6 January, 2007 - 11:22am login or register to post comments

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