Bug FAQFeather Millipede
Brachycybe lecontii · Order: Platydesmida · Family: Andrognathidae
The feather millipede Brachycybe lecontii is pink-colored, though the shade varies across its range, and it has no eyes. It lives in the eastern United States, forms social colonies, and feeds on a wide variety of fungi. Males guard the eggs for three to four weeks but do not care for the hatchlings.
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How to recognize it
It is pink, with the exact hue changing in different geographic areas. It lacks eyes, like other members of its genus.
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Where it lives
It forms colonies, living socially with other individuals.
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What it eats
It eats fungi from many different fungal orders.
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Life cycle
Males look after the eggs for three to four weeks until they hatch. After hatching, the parental care stops.
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Where it comes from
Its native range is the eastern United States.
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Lookalikes
Like other Brachycybe species, it is commonly called a feather millipede.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 14 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama, North Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
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Status: native in North America; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
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Questions people ask
Same family (Andrognathidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachycybe_lecontii
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