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Giant pill millipede
Tropical rainforest
I spotted many of these in Tawau Hills park. This is my first spotting using the project Noah app. Photographed and posted entirely with an iPod touch.
Spotted on Jan 26, 2014
Submitted on Jan 28, 2014
11 Comments
Thanks Chun.
I have sent an ID request to a couple of millipede specialists.
They have confirmed that this species is under the Zephronidae family.
Possible genera are Castanotherium sp. and Sphaeropoeus sp.
I am suggesting that it is from the Zephronidae family.
Zephronidae pill millipedes are larger, have 12 body segments and found in Southeast Asia.
Glomeridae ! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomeridae...
Speaking of iPod I think this is an Isopod.
Ooooo, a centipede problem. That sucks. Some have a very nasty sting and although I've been bitten and stung by tons of things in the rainforest, so far I have managed to avoid a centipede sting. Knock on wood!
Welcome, D. I didn't seen any insects that large in Hawaii, although I've heard that there is a centipede "problem" in some areas.
Thanks K! Do they have anything like these in Hawaii?
Interesting!
Thanks Jill.
Like photo 2 nice spotting