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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » House Centipedes (Scutigeromorpha) » Scutigeridae » Scutigera » House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata)
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Small Creature above the House Centipede - Scutigera coleoptrata
Copyright © 2019 eaglebeach

Small Creature above the House Centipede - Scutigera coleoptrata
Tracys Landing, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
September 1, 2013
Apologies in advance. I am not sure how to post this ID request.

I would like confirmation that the large creature in this photo is a Scutigera coleoptrata - House Centipede.

I would also like to know what the smaller creature above the larger one is. I will post a closer view of it. Is it a juvenile Scutigera coleoptrata - House Centipede or something else entirely? It does not seem to have the same number of legs.

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Small Creature above the House Centipede - Scutigera coleoptrata Small Creature above the House Centipede - Scutigera coleoptrata
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Contributed by eaglebeach on 4 February, 2019 - 2:48pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… eaglebeach, 4 February, 2019 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

larger individual is indeed Scutigera coleoptrata...
The small critter is also S. coleoptrata, a little baby. They add on segments (and thus pairs of legs) as they grow older.
… metrioptera, 4 February, 2019 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you so much!
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