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Polydesmid millipede
Found in the rain forest at the head waters of the Amazon River. Found in Ecuador jungle, half way between Shell and Coco.
Finger is mine and is shown for size reference. Foot is also mine and shown again for size reference. Shoe size is a size 11 US A very big thank you must go out to one CarolSnowMilne, and one NancyDunn, for helping me with the id of this millipede. Thank you ladies for your efforts.
Spotted on Apr 24, 2006
Submitted on May 11, 2012
4 Comments
Thanks AdamBrown, the number of legs per segment toward in the middle of this millipede, confirmed to me it was in fact a millipede. I could not come up with an id myself and was helped by several wonderful people on this sight
very cool....although I would have thought it more as a centipede than a millipede....but either way it's a cool spotting!
Cool! I hope you can get an ID soon! Great finds when you aren't looking! HA!
I believe this is a milipede, but would love to know exactly what kind it is so I can post the information so that others may learn of this very strange looking insect. Thanks in advance to all who try to help me in my search, for more information.