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Common Silverfish - Lepisma saccharina
Copyright © 2004 Robin McLeod

Common Silverfish - Lepisma saccharina
Ailsa Craig, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
May 10, 2004
Size: about 10 mm
The shape of the thoracic segments seem different than in the Four-lined Silverfish (linked to under the other image) but I'm not sure how to describe the difference.

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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 6 January, 2006 - 7:12pm

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