Millipede at Latham, ACT
Identification history
| Paradoxosomatidae sp. (family) | 15 Dec 2017 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Diplopoda (class) | 12 Dec 2017 | KimPullen | ||
| Unidentified | 12 Dec 2017 | Christine |
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5 comments
Christine
wrote:
15 Dec 2017
Hi Michael, unfortunately I did not record the size of this one. It was the day after two days of extremely heavy rains, and I had gone out to see how everything was, and discovered dead weebill nestlings in the nest, so was a bit upset. It could have been the same as the one recorded a year earlier in a nearby location (see 3383770), and I may have just thought Ah, another one of those. It does look (to me) pretty similar, but I realise I have not recorded enough information about this one. I do have anther photo (from above but slightly out of focus) if you think that would help?
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
16 Dec 2017
Paradoxosomatidae ID by Dr Robert Mesibov. He said "but I'm afraid the image quality isn't good enough to go any further". So I don't know if the extra image would help.
Millipede species are hard to distinguish from one-another, and to identify to species normally requires a close look at the minute bodyparts of the animal, and usually the 'gonopods' of an adult male.
Millipede species are hard to distinguish from one-another, and to identify to species normally requires a close look at the minute bodyparts of the animal, and usually the 'gonopods' of an adult male.
Christine
wrote:
18 Dec 2017
Michael, I have added a second image, but happy to leave the id as it is as i have not provided enough information. Thanks for your info, I understand the difficulty in identification, but do not think I will capture and try to get different angles if i see them again. I will try to be more specific about the size though.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.027824-35.215507
- Maps Umbagong District Park
- Places Latham, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 2 Mar 2012 12:00 AM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
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Collections
Other Arthropods Millipedes (Diplopoda)
Species information
- Paradoxosomatidae sp. (family) Scientific name
- Millipede Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2012.29m Recorded at altitude
- 274 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
