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    A Big Milipede

    This milipede was out cruising around a wash North of Phoenix on a cold, wet morning. Can any arthropologists out there help me out with the species?

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    This entry was posted on Monday, December 20th, 2010 at 10:51 am and is filed under Field Herping, Invertebrates. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

    2 Responses to “A Big Milipede”

    1. Ted C. MacRae says:
      December 20, 2010 at 1:06 pm

      Looks like the Arizona desert millipede (Orthoperus ornatus) – also called rainworm because of their tendency to come out after rains.

    2. Bryan says:
      December 20, 2010 at 7:35 pm

      Awesome, thanks Ted! The bit about the rain is certainly accurate, though I tend to see them more by time of year than moisture levels.

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