Spotted Snake Millipede (Blaniulus guttulatus)
It is creamy white or pale yellow and the red spots down the side are actually it’s repellent glands. Although it is less often seen than the black millipedes, because of it’s strictly subterranean habits, the spotted snake millipede is the commonest of all species in cultivated soils. It causes severe damage to potatoes, sugar beet, cereals and other crops but to do any damage, the crop must already have been damaged by fungi, disease or some other insect activity, to allow the millipede entry.
