Millipedes (Diplopoda)

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Following is a good introduction:

http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/allies/diplopoda.html

Another useful reference is: Millipedes of Australia

With their illustrated Key to orders of Australian millipedes

Also of interest: A guide to the morphology of millipedes in the order Polydesmida

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. These are modified legs used to transfer sperm to females, and are located about a third of the way back from the head on the underside of the body.

We have no official moderator for millipedes. However, up until April 2019, we were receiving able assistance from millipede expert Dr Robert Mesibov from West Ulverstone in Tasmania. He has now retired from this duty.

Millipedes (Diplopoda)

Latest sightings

Paradoxosomatidae sp. (family) at Batehaven, NSW by Hejor1

Paradoxosomatidae sp. (family) at Batemans Bay, NSW by Hejor1

Paradoxosomatidae sp. (family) at Green Cape, NSW by Hejor1

Paradoxosomatidae sp. (family) at Coolangatta, NSW by mroseby

Paradoxosomatidae sp. (family) at Kangaroo Valley, NSW by lbradley

Paradoxosomatidae sp. (family) at Illaroo, NSW by mroseby

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Marg wrote:

24 Feb 2020

Bawley Point. It is a great colour.

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JulieL wrote:

21 Feb 2020

Which suburb? I loved their gold metalic colour, and hope they get ID'd as I'm really interested to know what it is

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Marg wrote:

21 Feb 2020

It was on the path leading to my back verandah. Encouraged out by the rain, possibly.

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JulieL wrote:

21 Feb 2020

I've logged one of these aswell, still unidentified, and was also found on concrete/road.
Mine was found in Manyana on 12 Feb 2020, and yours found a couple weeks earlier. Where did you find this one?
https://budawangcoast.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/4249769?CommentSuccess=true#Comments

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