Species on page (out of around 16 orders and around 140 families and around 12,000 species)

Family: Xystodesmidae

Xystocheir dissecta Family: Xystodesmidae

Yellow-spotted millipede (Harpaphe haydeniana) Family: Spirobolidae

American giant millipede (Narceus americanus) Family: Andrognathidae

Millipede (Gosodesmus claremontus)

Millipede Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Diplopoda
Masoala
July, 2013

Masoala milli

Millipede
Masoala, Madagascar
July, 2013

Darwin expresses confusion about millipedes

Millipede
Masoala, Madagascar
July, 2013

Millipede

Capetown
April 20, 2013
Canon 5D mark2

Millipedes

Millipedes
Madagascar
June 25, 2016
Olympus Tough TG-4

Millipede

Millipedes
Marojejy, Madagascar
June 28, 2016
Canon rebel T5i

Getting a leg up

Tractor millipede (Barydesmus sp.)
Borneo

Millipede
August 12, 2016
Hollywood, Florida
Canon 7Dmark2

Millipede
August 12, 2016
Hollywood, Florida
Canon 7Dmark2

Millipede (Gosodesmus claremontus)

Pink millipede

Millipede (Gosodesmus claremontus)
Family: Andrognathidae
Alum Rock State Park
Bioblitz
December 8, 2018
Canon 7dmark2

Xystocheir dissecta

Fluorescent millipede

Fluorescent millipede (Xystocheir dissecta)
Family: Xystodesmidae
Eleanor Pardee Park
January 6, 2022
Canon 7DmarkII

Fluorescent millipede

Fluorescent millipede (Xystocheir dissecta)
Family: Xystodesmidae
Eleanor Pardee Park
January 9, 2022
Canon R5

Millipede in a flash

Fluorescent millipede (Xystocheir dissecta)
Family: Xystodesmidae
Russian Ridge
Night walk
February 25, 2017
Canon rebel T5i

Millipede fluorescent

Fluorescent millipede (Xystocheir dissecta)
Family: Xystodesmidae
Russian Ridge
Night walk
February 25, 2017
Canon rebel T5i

Millipede fluorescent

Fluorescent millipede (Xystocheir dissecta)
Family: Xystodesmidae
Russian Ridge
Night walk
February 25, 2017
Canon rebel T5i

Backyard millipede

Fluorescent millipede (Xystocheir dissecta)
Family: Xystodesmidae
Eleanor Pardee Park
March 5, 2017
Canon 7DmarkII

Backyard millipede fluorescent

Fluorescent millipede (Xystocheir dissecta)
Family: Xystodesmidae
Eleanor Pardee Park
March 5, 2017
Canon 7DmarkII

Backyard millipede fluorescent

Fluorescent millipede (Xystocheir dissecta)
Family: Xystodesmidae
Eleanor Pardee Park
March 5, 2017
Canon 7DmarkII

Backyard millipede fluorescent

Fluorescent millipede (Xystocheir dissecta)
Family: Xystodesmidae
Eleanor Pardee Park
March 5, 2017
Canon 7DmarkII

Millipede

Fluorescent millipede (Xystocheir dissecta)
Family: Xystodesmidae
Eleanor Pardee Park
January 1, 2019
Canon 7DmarkII

Millipede

Fluorescent millipede (Xystocheir dissecta)
Family: Xystodesmidae
Eleanor Pardee Park
January 1, 2019
Canon 7DmarkII

Fluorescent millipede (Xystocheir dissecta)
Family: Xystodesmidae
Stanford Dish
February 15, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Millipede

Fluorescent millipede (Xystocheir dissecta)
Family: Xystodesmidae
Eleanor Pardee Park 2021
March 13, 2021
Canon 7DmarkII

Millipede

Fluorescent millipede (Xystocheir dissecta)
Family: Xystodesmidae
Eleanor Pardee Park 2021
March 13, 2021
Canon 7DmarkII

Millipede

Xystocheir dissecta
Eleanor Pardee Park 2021
March 13, 2021
Canon 7DmarkII

Millipede

Xystocheir dissecta
Eleanor Pardee Park 2021
March 13, 2021
Canon 7DmarkII

Millipede

Fluorescent millipede (Xystocheir dissecta)
Family: Xystodesmidae
Tarwater Creek Loop
January 20, 2025
Canon 7Dmark2

Millipedead

Millipede (Xystocheir dissecta)
Family: Xystodesmidae
Almaden-Quicksilver County Park
Bioblitz
April 13, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

Millipede

Fluorescent millipede (Xystocheir dissecta)
Family: Xystodesmidae
Night walk
Point Reyes Field Station
Point Reyes
December 28, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Millipede

Fluorescent millipede (Xystocheir dissecta)
Family: Xystodesmidae
Barkley Field
April 21, 2023 Friday
Canon R5

American giant millipede (Narceus americanus)

American giant millipede (Narceus americanus)
Family: Spirobolidae
Sam McDonald Park
With Photographing Nature class
March 2, 2019
Canon 7D markII

Yellow-spotted millipede (Harpaphe haydeniana)

Yellow-spotted millipede (Harpaphe haydeniana)
Family: Xystodesmidae
Sam McDonald Park
With Photographing Nature class
March 2, 2019
Canon 7D markII

Yellow-spotted millipede (Harpaphe haydeniana)
Family: Xystodesmidae
Sam McDonald Park - 2020
June 10, 2020
Canon 7D markII

Yellow-spotted millipede (Harpaphe haydeniana)
Family: Xystodesmidae
Sam McDonald Park - 2020
June 10, 2020
Canon 7D markII

Millipede

Millipede
Stanford Dish
January 9, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

Millipede

Millipede
Stanford Dish
January 9, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

Millipede

Millipede
Namibia
January 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

Last modified: April 23, 2023
Created: August 3, 2013 - brother's day
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