Ommatoiulus moreleti
Portuguese Millipede at Lyneham, ACT
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| Ommatoiulus moreleti | SimoneC | 26 Jul 2022 | |
| Ommatoiulus moreleti | trevorpreston | 21 Jul 2022 | |
| Unverified | trevorpreston | 6 Jul 2022 |
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Millipedes 20-25mm
2 comments
6 Jul 2022
SimoneC I'm practicing my millipede photography. Not easy to get good head shots, they are not the most obliging of creatures, although the front segments are easy.
I think they deserve a bit more notice, they are everywhere but often underreported, 'just a millipede'.
I think they deserve a bit more notice, they are everywhere but often underreported, 'just a millipede'.
6 Jul 2022
Hi Trevor, the tail end can also be useful, in this case the projection on the tail shows it’s a Portuguese millipede -they give millipedes a bad name. As you’re finding some millipedes are are really attractive and interesting
Location information
- Coordinates 149.129893-35.253228
- Altitude 598.3m
- Maps Sullivans Creek, Lyneham South
- Places Lyneham, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 6 Jul 2022 10:50 AM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- trevorpreston 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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