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I'll coral it next time and get the camera. I realize it would make for much easier (and more accurate!) ID.
Again, thanks

Thanks - I will be on the lookout again. I do know that we have glow-worms in the area (though hadn't noticed any close to where this was found). It didn't curl up, but this definitely could have...

Hmmm - an interesting possibility. As I said, I didn't not the head or tail, didn't notice any forward sections, I noticed bands rather than spots and didn't notice a black stripe down the middle,...

Yes - I tried to manipulate it for better viewing with a small stick. Its movement was more snake-like than millipede-y but it was so short I didn't see much slithering. I didn't get to see it much...

Thank you. I always thought juvenile snakes would be slender and fairly long for their age rather than just very short and stubby. It somewhat looked more snake-like than anything, but the length...

(Oops - I had included that earlier, but lost the info on editing.) This was in leaf litter on a wooded ridge in front of a cabin in Thorn Hill, TN, USA - Appalachian type communities.
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I saw an insect that was maybe 4-6" long, strikingly banded (cross body) black and red, even band widths - very snake-like coloration, around the thickness of a pencil (maybe smaller?), solid body,...