Pill Bug
Location: Makunda Christian Hospital, Karimganj District, Assam
Date: 14th September 2012
Equipment: Nikon D300s with Nikkor AF 28-105mm lens
Swarming behaviour of the world’s largest giant pill-millipede species.
Probably juvenile individuals.
Geotagging only approximative.
Identification after : Wesener, Schütte; Madagascar Conservation and Development, Vol.5(2), Dec 2010.
This species seems to be the only species in the order Sphaerotheriida with swarming behaviour.
Madagascar, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, October 28, 2005
photo: lotlhmoq
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