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Sign In to followThat's a very pretty millipede, I haven't seen a photo of one with that color before, it looks quite distinct. Unfortunately, I can't glean too much ID info from the photo, but it's definitely in the order Polydesmida. If you find another, collect it if you can! I'd love to get my hands on a specimen to try to figure it out.
An invasive, unfortunately. Common in disturbed areas, and very often found mating.
Beautiful! I've never seen a millipede with such jet-black coloration. It's like obsidian.
Another Polydesmid, it looks like it's been injured.
Luis, this is not Narceus americanus. It's either in the order Spirobolida or Spirostreptida, but the orange coloration gives it away as not Narceus.
Millipedes in the order Platydesmida, family Platydesmidae. Two genera occur in Central America to my knowledge: Desmethus and Platydesmus.