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Bug With Lots of Legs - Scutigera

Bug With Lots of Legs - Scutigera
Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA
March 20, 2010
Found this in my house one day, already dead, I think maybe one of the dogs found it outside and brought it in. Never seen one like it before or since.

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Bug With Lots of Legs - Scutigera Bug With Lots of Legs - Scutigera

House centipedes are very common in houses
In fact, they're beneficial--insofar as they eat other, often nasty home-dwellers. See information about the likely species (S. coleoptrata) here.

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Moved from ID Request.

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