The greenhouse millipede (Oxidus gracilis), also known as the hothouse millipede, short-flange millipede, or garden millipede, is a species of millipede in the family Paradoxosomatidae that has been widely introduced around the world, and is sometimes a pest in greenhouses.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Greenhouse Millipede being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Akamptogonus novarae
- Orthomorpha coarctata
- Stosatea italica
- Tetrarthrosoma syriacum
- Icosidesmus wheeleri
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Diplopoda
- Order
- Polydesmida
- Family
- Paradoxosomatidae
- Genus
- Oxidus
- Species
- Oxidus gracilis
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