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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » Stone Centipedes (Lithobiomorpha)
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Scolopocryptopidae?
Copyright © 2009 Mark Leppin

Scolopocryptopidae?
near Camp Adair, Benton County, Oregon, USA
May 6, 2009
Size: ~1.5"
When I first caught this I could of swore it was purple-ish in color. This is the second one I have caught in the past 30 days, both in an Oak Savannah type habitat and under a piece of wood.

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Scolopocryptopidae? Scolopocryptopidae?
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Contributed by Mark Leppin on 7 May, 2009 - 8:27pm
Last updated 10 July, 2009 - 11:00pm

Moved
Moved from Centipedes.
… John R. Maxwell, 10 July, 2009 - 11:00pm login or register to post comments

Lithobiomorphae
Lithobiomorphae
… Kevin Lentz, 19 May, 2009 - 6:31am login or register to post comments

Stone centipede...
Note the nice wrap-around claws on the sides of the face filled to the brim with poison. When collecting, you may want to keep your fingers clear of this area.

See reference here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/13169
… Ross Hill, 14 May, 2009 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

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