Underneath the same carpet, were singles of Blaniulus guttulatus and the compulsory Cylindroiulus punctatus, both Millipedes we find regularly.

Just its very habit, was enough to make us suspect that it was something different, so we took many photographs while on site, but took it home to try and get photographs of better quality and in better natural light.

Thankfully, photographs took at the time, plus those on return home, were enough to help us realise that this was indeed an interesting find and certainly a Millipede at least new to us. It measured approximately 13mm and the resulting photographs enabled us to key it out as a Chordeuma species, of which there are two in the UK.

Later examination under the microscope, confirmed that our Millipede was indeed a male Chordeuma proximum and an obvious first record for Nottinghamshire, coming only a couple of weeks after we had published our Modern Atlas of Nottinghamshire Millipedes.