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long skinny centipede? - Geophilus vittatus
Copyright © 2012 jreben7

long skinny centipede? - Geophilus vittatus
Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, USA
May 27, 2012
Size: 60-70mm
found while raking leaf and bark debris

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long skinny centipede? - Geophilus vittatus long skinny centipede? - Geophilus vittatus
Contributed by jreben7 on 28 May, 2012 - 8:52am
Last updated 3 April, 2014 - 9:11pm

Moved
Moved from Soil Centipedes.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 April, 2014 - 9:11pm

Geophilus vittatus
Based on the diamond-markings down the back and the uniform body width.

Maine has an extremely poor record of its centipede fauna (only 4 species, all lithobiomorphs). As a result, this species, which is abundant everywhere else in the east, is a new state record. So if you see more pedes in Maine, please post them! :)
… Joseph DeSisto, 3 April, 2014 - 9:01pm

 
pede
Thank you, and I will try to get more pictures...they seem fairly abundant here, but usually not when I have a camera on hand of course.
… jreben7, 3 April, 2014 - 11:20pm

Moved
Moved from Centipedes.
… jreben7, 30 May, 2012 - 3:19pm

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