Macrosternodesmus palicola
A small white millipede (to 4 mm in length) with body covered in small bumps.
Associated with churchyards and cultivated land such as allotments, gardens and parks.
All year round.
This species has proved to be widespread in Britain and Ireland. It is apparently absent from much of northern Scotland, north Wales and south west England.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
AJ Cann
Knighton
11 November 2017
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Centipedes & Millipedes
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Polydesmida
- Family:
- Macrosternodesmidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 30/09/1987 (Adrian Rundle)
- Last record:
- 11/11/2017 (Cann, Alan)
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