Leggy new star discovered four inches under Los Angeles: the thread millipede

As long as a paperclip and as thin as pencil lead, Illacme socal is no ordinary SoCal denizen – it uses 486 legs to walk wherever it goes

The city of angels, a metropolis of freeways and traffic, has a newly discovered species named in its honor: the Los Angeles thread millipede.

The tiny arthropod was found just underground by naturalists at a southern California hiking area – near a freeway, a Starbucks and an Oakley sunglasses store.