An interesting day

[jc55]

I found all three of these in the yard while clearing leaves.I really like the pattern on the mud turtles shell and not sure what the centipede is and the other insect is almost blue in the sunlight and are very abundant in the leaf litter.After trying to identify what i thought might be a centipede might be a millipede.

 

[moricollins]

The "other insect" is an Isopod.

Most likely Porcellio scaber or Armadillidium vulgare (I'm really bad at identifying Isopods from pictures lol)

 

[jc55]

The "other insect" is an Isopod.

Most likely Porcellio scaber or Armadillidium vulgare (I'm really bad at identifying Isopods from pictures lol)

I thought it might be an isopod but i have no experience with then or identifying one.

 

[xXTristinaXx]

It is a millipede, the other is Armadillidium vulgare I believe

 

[ChiefinOnSomeSkunk]

I was also a bit confused since it did look like a millipede but also a centipede. Can anyone provide the scientific name for them?

 

[l4nsky]

That appears to be a box turtle and not a mud turtle as well. Having said that, "mud turtle" might be a locally used common name in your area (hence why common names are really confusing). Generally speaking, box turtles have a 6-8" carapace length that is quite dome shaped and usually heavily marked, and are largely terrestrial species in the Terrapene genus while mud turtles are typically small (3-4", dark, and a somewhat flatter carapace), aquatic turtles in the Kinosternon genus. Both actually make really good, lower maintenance, personable pets. I would love to have a small colony of Gulf Coast box turtles some day.

 

[viper69]

I found all three of these in the yard while clearing leaves.I really like the pattern on the mud turtles shell and not sure what the centipede is and the other insect is almost blue in the sunlight and are very abundant in the leaf litter.After trying to identify what i thought might be a centipede might be a millipede.

That’s not a mud turtle. It’s a box turtle.

@l4nsky I owned a Gulf Coast once, very cool species!

 

[Sterls]

That appears to be a box turtle and not a mud turtle as well. Having said that, "mud turtle" might be a locally used common name in your area (hence why common names are really confusing). Generally speaking, box turtles have a 6-8" carapace length that is quite dome shaped and usually heavily marked, and are largely terrestrial species in the Terrapene genus while mud turtles are typically small (3-4", dark, and a somewhat flatter carapace), aquatic turtles in the Kinosternon genus. Both actually make really good, lower maintenance, personable pets. I would love to have a small colony of Gulf Coast box turtles some day.

We had two box turtles growing up, my mom still has them. They're fiesty escape artists, love em.

 

[jc55]

We had two box turtles growing up, my mom still has them. They're fiesty escape artists, love em.

This one seems to stay around the yard as i have seen it again early in the day walking along the fence line so i will enjoy watching it when i see it in its natural environment.

 

[Arthroverts]

The two invertebrates are an isopod, Armadillidium vulgare, and a millipede (two pairs of leg per segment=millipede) of the order Polydesmida. Locality information would help in determining what it is more specifically.

Thanks,

Arthroverts

 

[jc55]

The two invertebrates are an isopod, Armadillidium vulgare, and a millipede (two pairs of leg per segment=millipede) of the order Polydesmida. Locality information would help in determining what it is more specifically.

Thanks,

Arthroverts

Thanks for that information as i learned something new concerning millipedes and i am in Biloxi Mississippi.