Millipede at Kosciuszko National Park, NSW
Identification history
| Australiosomatini sp. (tribe) | 20 Jul 2017 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Australiosomatini sp. (tribe) | 20 Jul 2017 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unverified | 18 Jul 2017 | MattM |
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User's notes
It was a while ago, but I think this millipede was maybe 7cm long? It was pretty big.
3 comments
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
20 Jul 2017
I asked Dr Robert Mesibov to help ID this one. His reply was:
"The big Kosciuszko millipede is family Paradoxosomatidae, subfamily Australisomatinae, tribe Australiosomatini. The image doesn't allow me to ID it any further, and of course for a species-level ID I need an adult male! Interestingly, most of the Paradoxosomatidae in the high country (Kosciuszko into Vic) are fairly big animals."
"The big Kosciuszko millipede is family Paradoxosomatidae, subfamily Australisomatinae, tribe Australiosomatini. The image doesn't allow me to ID it any further, and of course for a species-level ID I need an adult male! Interestingly, most of the Paradoxosomatidae in the high country (Kosciuszko into Vic) are fairly big animals."
MattM
wrote:
20 Jul 2017
I can imagine. I saw some very big spiders in burrows - they had to be eating something...
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
21 Jul 2017
Millipedes are toxic to eat I believe, and deter predators in this way.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.310226-36.414707
- Maps Kosciuszko National Park
- Places Kosciuszko National Park, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 25 Mar 2017 03:39 PM Recorded on
- MattM Recorded by
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Collections
Other Arthropods Millipedes (Diplopoda) MattM Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Australiosomatini sp. (tribe)
Additional information
- 50mm or larger Animal size
Species information
- Australiosomatini sp. (tribe) Scientific name
- Millipede Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- External link More information
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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