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My first ever velvet worm! Found on the underside of a log. Unsure of species, so an ID would be greatly appreciated.

Individual leaves 10 mm long and lightly toothed in upper portion

Forms extensive stands on the lower slopes of our gullies. A rhizomatous fern with scattered, not clumped, fronds to c. 2m high, very sticky when young. It dies back over winter, resprouts in spring.