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Gorongosa National Park

Posted on June 14, 2018 by nannaria

Last week, I returned from a field trip to Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique. This trip included field work to collect millipedes in Gorongosa National Park and a two-week  workshop on arthropod macrophotography. Doratogonus sp. (Spirostreptida) from Chitengo Campsite, Gorongosa … Continue reading →

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Gorongosa National Park (part 2)

Posted on June 14, 2018 by nannaria

Amphisbaenian worm lizard Dung roller beetle (family Scarabaeidae) Giant pill millipede (family Sphaerotheriidae) | Picture 2 Scorpion (genus Uroplectes?)—likely rather venomous judging by its fat tail and thin pincers (family Buthidae) Water measurer (family Hydrometridae) Armored Katydid nymphs (Enyaliopsis sp., … Continue reading →

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In the field: Clinch Mountain, Virginia

Posted on February 23, 2018 by nannaria

Chaetaspis albus Bollman, 1887 from Clinch Mountain, Virginia Last Monday, we traveled to Mendota, Virginia to search for the millipede Rhysodesmus restans Hoffman, 1998. The species is one of two Appalachian representatives of the genus, and otherwise known from the … Continue reading →

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Collecting millipedes in Vietnam

Posted on August 31, 2017 by nannaria

Post by PhD student Derek Hennen who is an expert in millipedes and natural history After a successful week of the 17th International Congress on Myriapodology in Krabi, our group headed on to Vietnam. Permits in hand, we landed in … Continue reading →

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