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Category: Diplopoda (Millipedes)

Ischnocybe plicata

November 21, 2022 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

Finding these beautiful pink millipedes was the primary motivation for visiting the Medford area on my recent adventure, and, as…

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Posted in: Andrognathidae, Animals, Arthropoda, Diplopoda (Millipedes), Ischnocybe, Plants, Platydesmida, Species Profiles Filed under: Ischnocybe plicata

Polyxenus sp., possibly P. pugetensis

December 11, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

It appears that Polyxenus is the only western North American genus in the order Polyxenida, and it is beyond my…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Diploda, Diplopoda (Millipedes), Polyxenida, Polyxenidae, Polyxenus, Species Profiles Filed under: Polyxenus pugetensis

Kepolydesmus anderisus

November 7, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I was lucky on my first two millipedes. Tylobolus uncigerus is the only species in its order (Spirobolida) in our…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Diplopoda (Millipedes), Kepolydesmus, Macrosternodesmidae, Polydesmida, Species Profiles Filed under: Kepolydesmus anderisus

Harpaphe haydeniana

October 29, 2021 Dan Nelson 7 Comments

This very common millipede is in the order Polydesmida (flat-backed millipedes) and the family Xystodesmidae. It is sometimes called by…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Diplopoda (Millipedes), Harpaphe, Plants, Polydesmida, Species Profiles, Xystodesmidae Filed under: Harpaphe haydeniana

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