Zoosphaerium neptunus

Swarming behaviour of the world’s largest giant pill-millipede species.

Probably juvenile individuals.

Geotagging only approximative.

Identification after : Wesener, Schütte; Madagascar Conservation and Development, Vol.5(2), Dec 2010.

This species seems to be the only species in the order Sphaerotheriida with swarming behaviour.

 

Madagascar, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, October 28, 2005

photo: R.Kratzer

 

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