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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » Stone Centipedes (Lithobiomorpha) » Lithobiidae » Lithobius » Brown Centipede (Lithobius forficatus)
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Stone Centipede? - Lithobius forficatus
Copyright © 2010 Ray Lemke

Stone Centipede? - Lithobius forficatus
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
October 1, 2010
Size: 25mm
I just found this in some pea gravel in my yard, and moved it to a plastic tarp for a photo. I've never seen one before, but it appears to be a stone centipede, per my trusty Kaufman guide. Can this be confirmed?
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Contributed by Ray Lemke on 1 October, 2010 - 11:45am
Last updated 3 April, 2014 - 9:15pm

Moved
Moved from Stone Centipedes.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 April, 2014 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

Lithobius forficatus
Only 2 lithobiomorphs in the northeast regularly exceed 20 mm, and only L. forficatus has triangular projections only on segments 9, 11, and 13. The other, Bothropolys multidentatus, has these plus segments 4, 6, and 7.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 3 April, 2014 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ray Lemke, 4 October, 2010 - 6:13pm login or register to post comments

Yes...
These are pretty common and fast moving.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 4 October, 2010 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

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