Genus Scutigera

Classification

I'm sorry, but I HATE these things - Scutigera coleoptrata

Beautiful insect. Trying to identify? Moves very quickly featherlike - Scutigera coleoptrata

Unknown Centipede - Scutigera coleoptrata

Female (?) Scutigera coleoptrata - found in my bathtub. evidently it's icky, from what I'm told. - Scutigera coleoptrata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Chilopoda (Centipedes)

Order Scutigeromorpha (House Centipedes)

Family Scutigeridae

Genus Scutigera

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:31pm
Last updated 22 February, 2005 - 10:43pm

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