Photo 3079395, no rights reserved, uploaded by Scott Loarie

Attribution By Scott Loarie
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What

California Pill Millipede (Glomeroides primus)

Observer

loarie

Date

February 28, 2016

Description

Mixed emotions about this - I briefly thought I had discovered some crazy new woodlouse (my favorite group) but turns out it something called a California Pill Millipede, the only member of the family in Western North America and apparently restricted to coastal central CA. They can roll up into a ball and look ridiculously alot like woodlice. I only got these bad photos before he rolled up to a ball and refused to unroll, grrr.

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