"Sphaerotheriidan Photos" Topic
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| Chthoniid | 15 Feb 2009 4:18 p.m. PST |
Photo album chthoniid.zenfolio.com/p89261570 I got these photos recently- haven't seen any for a while. Sphaerotheriidans are old Gondwanaland inhabitant still left in NZ. These are commonly known as pill-millipedes (not related to slaters/isopoda/wood-louse). Fwiw, they're only found in NZ, Aus., South Africa and Madagascar. |
| Neotacha | 15 Feb 2009 5:40 p.m. PST |
Cool. Are they actually diplopods? |
| Mike G | 15 Feb 2009 6:32 p.m. PST |
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| Chthoniid | 15 Feb 2009 7:06 p.m. PST |
Yes- they're a diplopod. They get about 5cm long, which is not very long compared to tropical species. I've seen some millipedes in Papua New Guinea that are 20+ cm long. OTOH, compared to a lot of our cryptozoa, it's a veritable giant :) |
| Bunkermeister | 15 Feb 2009 11:11 p.m. PST |
Come back with one 5m long, then you are talking. Perhaps you need more above ground nuclear testing in your area to assist with that? It worked in 50's sci fi movies. Like Them! only in NZ. Mike "Bunkermeister" Creek
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 17 Feb 2009 8:32 a.m. PST |
Does it ever stay uncurled? |
| Chthoniid | 17 Feb 2009 4:06 p.m. PST |
The only creatures I've seen 5m long are salt water crocodiles, still working on getting a good photo of one :) If I get a 5m millipede, that might go to National Geographic first ;) Generally it's happy to remain uncurled in complete darkness (as is typical of many cryptozoa). Alas, that kind of makes photography challenging… So the defense mechanism is to remain curled up tight, with just exoskelton showing. You have to be patient. |
| GypsyComet | 18 Feb 2009 12:59 a.m. PST |
Their near relatives the isopods can get pretty big. Google pics of them for some good monster movie pics. For comedy, and a good idea of scale: picture |
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