Brachyiulus pusillus (Leach, 1815)

(Order Julida, family Julidae)

This small (to ca. 13 mm long) and distinctively marked millipede occurs across most of Europe and has been introduced into many other places around the world (Blower 1985). The only Tasmanian records I know are my own collections in a garden on Mt Nelson and on farms and in gardens in the Northwest, but I suspect that B. pusillus occurs in settled areas throughout the State.

Localities for B. pusillus. Scale bar = 100 km.
For an interactive map with more up-to-date localities, go to the mapper page.

More information:
 
Biology - Blower (1985)