Youngsteadt’s Cave Millipede
Usually Found: Boone County & Searcy County Caves in Arkansas, USA
Speaking of the caves in Arkansas, another very rare species can be found here. As of this writing, the Youngsteadt’s Cave Millipede has been found in seven caves in both Boone County and Searcy County. The name of the species comes from who discovered it. This ghostly white millipede was found by Norman and Jean Youngsteadt back in 1976.
While they did discover and describe it, the millipede was not considered a new species. In fact, it took nearly 30 years before science agreed that it was an entirely new species when in 2003 it was given the distinction. Then, of course, named after who discovered it. Still, it is one of the creepy animals we never want to run into.