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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » Stone Centipedes (Lithobiomorpha)
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Centipede
Copyright © 2006 Peter Hollinger

Centipede
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 12, 2006
Size: ~3cm
From the compost bin, where these are very common. Size varies.
Larger view here.

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Contributed by Peter Hollinger on 12 March, 2006 - 12:18pm
Last updated 13 March, 2006 - 8:36am

Order Lithobiomorpha; I don't
Order Lithobiomorpha; I don't know genus & species.
… Rowland Shelley, 8 March, 2007 - 7:32am login or register to post comments

Lithobius forficatus?
I'm going to guess this is Species Lithobius forficatus. Notice how the segment widths vary narrow and wide (head to tail): 1010101001010100. Of course, maybe all Lithobiomorpha look like this, for all I know.

… Peter Hollinger, 29 April, 2006 - 8:52pm login or register to post comments

Lithobiomorpha - Stone Centipede
You can ID centipedes to Order by the number of leg pairs. In this order adults have 15 pairs.
… Lynette Elliott, 12 March, 2006 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Sub-Adults
Thanks for the pointer, Lynette. Do sub-adults have fewer legs? Do they look different than the adults?
… Peter Hollinger, 12 March, 2006 - 5:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Sub Adults
do have fewer legs. I don't think they look much different, though.
… Lynette Elliott, 12 March, 2006 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

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