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Florida Blue Centipede - Hemiscolopendra marginata
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Schimming

Florida Blue Centipede - Hemiscolopendra marginata
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
May 14, 2005
This centipede came from the same house as the one I found last year. Also found the same month as last year.

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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 15 May, 2005 - 3:30pm
Last updated 19 May, 2008 - 8:45am

Hemiscolopendra marginata (Sa
Hemiscolopendra marginata (Say, 1821), a common centipede from the James River, Virginia, to southern peninsular Florida, ranging westward to Oklahoma and Presidio Co., TX, west of Big Bend Nat. Pk. It frequently enters houses & buildings.
… Rowland Shelley, 7 March, 2007 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

Looks like a Hemiscolopendra
Looks like a Hemiscolopendra marginata.
… Steve Ferguson II, 14 June, 2006 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

Found one last night
When I lifted a bag of dog food. My wife also recently reported a 'scorpion' in the bathroom, and it turned out to be one of these. I've found a few in the shower as well. I don't find many bugs in my home, but these certainly seem to be like it :).
… Troy Bartlett, 16 May, 2005 - 9:31pm login or register to post comments

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