Ommatoiulus moreleti
Portuguese Millipede at Higgins, ACT
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| Ommatoiulus moreleti | MichaelBedingfield | 7 Apr 2021 | |
| Ommatoiulus moreleti | AlisonMilton | 6 Apr 2021 |
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I've been finding heaps of these on the walls of my house each night, with some even coming inside. On a rainy night this was the most seen at one time.
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7 Apr 2021
I've had the same problem - plague of millipedes ! They come out when it is wet.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.029523-35.238215
- Altitude 651.6m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 19 Abundance
- 23 Mar 2021 02:05 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
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- AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ommatoiulus moreleti Millipedes (Diplopoda) Other Arthropods
Species information
- Ommatoiulus moreleti Scientific name
- Portuguese Millipede Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 985.98m Recorded at altitude
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7 / 7
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