#polydesmid

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Millipedes possibly in the genus Barydesmus - not all confirmed! All found in Central and South America.

Millipedes are criminally understudied, so I think it’s unlikely these are all in the same genus, but they were too cool not to share anyway.

Photos 1-2 by s_greif, 3 by juan_sphex, 4 by danielmesa1, 5 by dirkm, 6-7 by emmakaminsky, and 8 by blackdogto

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Been a while since I posted anything to my youtube so here are some of my many s. aberrans flat millipedes :)

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I can't post this photo legally but I can link it so please look at this incredible fella

Genus Barydesmus

Barydesmus from Lundu, Sarawak, Malaisie by florent vogeleisen

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Moss millipede, species unidentified, Polydesmida

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

Shared with permission; do not remove credit or re-post!

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@chaoticrystal​ submitted: just some guys

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Dang these sure are just some guys. I love them all but I would die for the millipede :’)

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As requested, some funky lads from the Amazon Rainforest! I couldn’t choose just one :)

All photos by Art Anker on Flickr // Facebook - Shared with permission; do not remove credit or re-post!

1. Unidentified peacock moth

2. Boxer sharpshooter, Peltocheirus sp.

3. Stick grasshopper, Apioscelis sp.

4. Glowworm beetle male, Phengodidae

5. Unidentified terrestrial flatworm

6. Unicorn katydid, Copiphora sp.

7. Hockey mask harvestman, Simambea sp.

8. Unidentified polydesmid millipede

9. Harlequin beetle, Acrocinus longimanus

10. Slug moth caterpillar, Limacodidae

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@fishermod​ submitted: A leggy friend, a fuzzy (and maybe dead?) friend, a slimy friend and a spindly boi. IDs on all would be nice, but it’s mainly the millipede I’m curious about. Also wondering why the beetle has chest fuzz; that’s a bit unusual for non-bee/moth insects, isn’t it? All seen around Surrey, BC, Canada.

Suuure the millipede is likely a yellow-spotted millipede, Harpaphe haydeniana. The beetle looks either dead or very near death. It’s common for all kinds of bugs to be fuzzy! Scarabs are some of the fuzziest beetles out there. Yours look like probably a European chafer. Obviously, given the name, it is not native.

The snail looks like it’s in the genus Cepaea, and it has a white lip on the shell, so it could be a white-lipped snail, although the brown-lipped snail is far more common in your area and despite the name, brown-lipped snails can have a white-lipped shell. So…make of that what you will.

And finally the spider is a male northern yellow sac spider!

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@laserbatbunny​ submitted: At my old job, one night, I was really high coming from work and walking to my car I saw this beautiful lad. I took like five pics and this is the best one. He's on my phone background.

It was a pretty spring night!!

Long flat pal!! 10/10, would immediately befriend