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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » Soil Centipedes (Geophilomorpha) » Geophilidae
Photo#1004585
Centipede
Copyright © 2014 Howard Fisher

Centipede
Vestal, Broome County, New York, USA
October 2, 2014
Size: 2.5 inches
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Contributed by Howard Fisher on 2 October, 2014 - 6:40pm
Last updated 8 October, 2014 - 11:54am

Moved
Moved from Soil Centipedes.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 8 October, 2014 - 11:54am login or register to post comments

Geophilidae
The family id is pretty certain but unfortunately the family is large, and this one is pretty generic. Identifying features are mostly microscopic. It could be something common or something rare ... for now I'm putting it on the family page.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 8 October, 2014 - 11:54am login or register to post comments

 
thank you joseph
thank you joseph
… Howard Fisher, 8 October, 2014 - 4:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Looking at it again, the glar
Looking at it again, the glare seems to be obscuring a line of diamond-shaped markings on the back. If it has these, it is Geophilus vittatus ... do you remember if it did? That's one of the few geophilomorphs that can be identified on sight, and it's pretty common.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 24 October, 2014 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 October, 2014 - 6:57pm login or register to post comments

 
???
Why was this moved before it was ID
… Howard Fisher, 2 October, 2014 - 7:05pm login or register to post comments

 
It was identified as a soil centipede...
...and moved to that page (look at the string of terms above the image to see where it's located). Centipede experts will see the specimen here and take the ID further, if possible. This is standard BG practice. The important thing to realize is the ID process doesn't stop just because an image has been moved.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 October, 2014 - 7:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Ok
I understand Ken. Thank you very much for your help.
… Howard Fisher, 2 October, 2014 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

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