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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » Bark Centipedes (Scolopendromorpha) » Scolopocryptopidae » Scolopocryptops
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Chilopoda (Centipede) - Scolopocryptops
Copyright © 2014 MJ Hatfield

Chilopoda (Centipede) - Scolopocryptops
Plymouth Rock, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
May 23, 2014
My first photos of a centipede, at least in recent times. 23 pairs of legs and antennae segments are at least partially broken off at 15 and 17 segments.
Found while pulling and digging Garlic Mustard in a weedy partially wooded limestone ravine.

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 20 December, 2014 - 12:42pm
Last updated 28 January, 2016 - 9:53am

Moved
Moved from Tropical Centipedes.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 26 December, 2014 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

Scolopocryptops
Scolopocryptops is right. Most likely S. sexspinosus, but could also be S. rubiginosus, which is found only in the Midwest.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 26 December, 2014 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from Centipedes.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 20 December, 2014 - 5:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you.
If I collect a look-alike in the future, is there a visual way for me to determine the difference between the 2 species? Or a specific photo that I could take so that you could determine the species?
… MJ Hatfield, 26 December, 2014 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

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