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Stone Centipede? - Lithobius forficatus

Stone Centipede? - Lithobius forficatus
Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
March 30, 2007
Size: 1 and a half inch
think its a Lithobiomorpha - Stone Centipede?

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Stone Centipede? - Lithobius forficatus Stone Centipede? - Lithobius forficatus

Moved
Moved from Stone Centipedes.

Lithobius forficatus
Based on the size and the triangular projections on segments 9, 11, and 13. If it were the same size but with projections on 4, 6, 7, as well as 9, 11, and 13 it would be Bothropolys multidentatus.

Moved
Moved from Centipedes.

id
Lithobious species.

HORRIBLE!
ALOHA! I HAVE THESE THINGS AROUND MY HOUSE. I HAVE LIVED WITH THESE BEAST FOR 19 YEARS. I AM FINDING 3INCHERS IN THE HOUSE SOMETIMES. I GOT HIT BY ONE LAST MONTH. THE VENOM LEFT A 6INCH RING OF VENOM ON MY RIGHT THIGH FOR A MONTH. I WAS SLEEPING AT NIGHT. MY WIFE GOT HIT LAST SUMMER BY A 5 INCHER RIGHT ON HER CHIN. WE HAVE SPRAYED., AND SPREAD CRYSTALS FORM ORTHO HOME DEFENSE. WE USED TO HAVE 6INCHERS COME IN THE HOUSE BEFORE I CAULKED THE WINDOWS. NOW ONLY THE SUPER THIN ONE ARE COMING IN. THEY ARE COMING IN THRUE THE GLASS SLIDING DOORS. IKNOW THAT THEY HUNT DURING THE NIGHT. I HAVE SEEN THEM CLOSE TO 7 INCHES LONG. IS THERE ANY OTHER THING THAT WE CANDO TO STOP THESE BEAST FROM HAVING MORE BABIES? DO THEY HAVE A STRONG CENT? IT SEMS THAT THEY END UP AT THE SAME PLACE WHEN THEY ARE ABOUT TO DIE AFTER THEY PASS OVER MY SPAY POINT. HOW DO I ERASE THERE CENT? CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME AND MY WIFE.? MY EMAIL IS: boykoalley@yahoo.com. WE REALY NEED HELP. I FIND THEM IN THE YARD ALL THE TIME, UNDER ROCKS AND IN THE DIRT. HOW MANY BABIES DO THEY HAVE? THEY ARE HORRIBLE CREATURES,INDEED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, INDEED.

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