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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Bronohomo to c/whatisthisthing
 

I live in Arizona. These have been coming out in the evening. They are 1-2” long and looking like really skinny earthworms. I took it to the local pest supply store and they had never seen anything like it.

Update: my pest control company had never seen anything like it. They sent some examples to ASU to identify. Turns out they are a type of millipede. Very uncommon in this region.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Yo! I from Phoenix. I lived by some mountains and we'd get baby snakes randomly for a few weeks at a time throughout the year. They look a lot like skinny worms and could range in color from pinkish to dark brown. As to what type of snakes they were, I have no idea.

[–] Bronohomo 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That’s interesting…I live in some foothills around phoenix with a fairly large lake across the street. I was surprised that the pest control had never seen something like it. Last night, I captured 15.

[–] Feirdro 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How long have you lived in the state?

[–] Bronohomo 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Feirdro 2 points 1 year ago

Sounds like a climate change symptom, then. We’ve got a lot of critters here we never had before. And a lot are gone we used to have. Well, ok, mostly the latter. But some of the former too.