#pachybolidae

[herpsandbirds]

Red-spined Millipede (Xenobolus carnifex), family Pachybolidae, found in Sri Lanka and southern India

photographs: Stefanie Ranke, Gihan Jayaweera, Sula Photography,

[onenicebugperday]

Armored millipede, Eucentrobolus tamulus, Pachybolidae

Found in southern India

Photos 1-6 by trsraman and 7 by makku6666

[every-day-creechur]

Riotintobolus mangatsiaka

A genus of millipedes from the spiny forest ecosystem of Madagascar.

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[herpsandbirds]

Fire Millipede (Centrobolus splendidus), family Pachybolidae, found in southern Africa

photographs by Ian Alexander Levin

[onenicebugperday]

Fire millipede, Aphistogoniulus sp., Pachybolidae

Photographed in Madagascar by Nicky Bay // Website // Facebook

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[drhoz]

#2889 - Xenobolus carnifex - Red Spined Millipede

Another of Pauli's records - a common millipede found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and from Sri Lanka up through India and Bangladesh to Bhutan.

Can become a household pest, devouring thatched roofs and infesting and contaminating stores.

Mysuru, Karnataka, India