Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Fire-headed Black 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
- Zinophora punctata
- Orthoporoides tabulinus
- Epibolus pulchripes
- Phyllogonostreptus nigrolabiatus
- Centrobolus fulgidus
- Centrobolus richardi
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Diplopoda
- Order
- Spirostreptida
- Family
- Spirostreptidae
- Genus
- Orthoporoides
- Species
- Orthoporoides pyrhocephalus
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