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Mother-lode of tufted millipedes - Polyxenus lagurus
Copyright © 2007 Jim McClarin

Mother-lode of tufted millipedes - Polyxenus lagurus
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
January 7, 2007
Size: 0.75 - 3 mm approx.
upside-down adult juggling a piece of debris

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 8 January, 2007 - 9:06pm
Last updated 6 March, 2007 - 8:30pm

Moved
Moved from Polyxenidae.
… Jim McClarin, 6 March, 2007 - 8:30pm

Polyxenus
This "pin-cushion" millipede is Polyxenus ?lagurus (L., 1758), a Holarctic species occurring in northern North America and in Europe.
… Rowland Shelley, 6 March, 2007 - 8:04pm

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