Finding these beautiful pink millipedes was the primary motivation for visiting the Medford area on my recent adventure, and, as…
It appears that Polyxenus is the only western North American genus in the order Polyxenida, and it is beyond my…
I was lucky on my first two millipedes. Tylobolus uncigerus is the only species in its order (Spirobolida) in our…
This very common millipede is in the order Polydesmida (flat-backed millipedes) and the family Xystodesmidae. It is sometimes called by…
Millipedes are in the same subphylum, Myriapoda, as centipedes, but they belong to their own class, Diplopoda. Within this class…