#4931 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co
Ochre Snake Millipede
🇳🇱 Bruinstipje ·Proteroiulus fuscus
🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Campagnac-lès-Quercy, France
📍 85150 Le Girouard, France
📍 59830 Cysoing, France
📍 Worcester Park, UK
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Sam R · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Sam R · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Sam R · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Sam R · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Sam R · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Marie Lou Legrand · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Campagnac-lès-Quercy, France:© Norbert VERNEAU · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 8. 85150 Le Girouard, France:© Giovanni Bouron · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 59830 Cysoing, France:© Marie Lou Legrand · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Worcester Park, UK:© jamie-aa · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Proteroiulus fuscus is a species of millipede in the family Blaniulidae which can be found everywhere in Europe except for Albania, Andorra,Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Romania, San Marino, Vatican City, all states of former Yugoslavia and some European islands.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 9 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 612 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Ochre Snake Millipede
- Nederlands
- Bruinstipje
- scientific name
- Proteroiulus fuscus
- class
- Diplopoda
- order
- Julida
- family
- Blaniulidae
- sightings in NL
- 9
- sightings in Europe
- 193
- sightings worldwide
- 612
- GBIF records in NL
- 199
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Blaniulidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 336997, Wikidata Q4283370, GBIF 1014445, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.