Meet the Millipede...

Found by C. this guy immediately curled into a C to protect himself. With two legs per segment on most of his body we guessed correctly - it's a millipede! When we find something we haven't met in person before we like to do some research, I included some of our best finds below.

As you can see from this photo this millipede is about as long as C's little finger...

More info -

A great colouring/info page at Enchanted Learning

Also check out: biokids - courtesy of UMichigan they have a lot of great "critter" info with field guides, habitat info and more.

And of course a favourite place for creepy crawler info: bugguide.net