Big Millipede

By Edward W. Brown; posted August 21, 2009

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I found this cute little critter on the driveway this morning. About 4 1/2 inches long, and it has more legs than does an army battalion ;-)

Actually, there are two pairs of legs for each segment, except for the head and the rear end (anal) segment. Since this one has 47 segments, not counting the two ends, it should have 184 legs.

A lot bigger than the tiny ones I used to find in NH...

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