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Millipede? - Scolopocryptops sexspinosus
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Millipede? - Scolopocryptops sexspinosus
Oklahoma City, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, USA
November 27, 2008
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Millipede? - Scolopocryptops sexspinosus Centipede - Scolopocryptops sexspinosus
Contributed by Ray Sears on 28 November, 2008 - 12:06pm
Last updated 22 December, 2008 - 1:01pm

Eastern red...
Coloration and 23 pairs of legs indicates this is Scolopocryptops sexspinosus. The range of S. sexspinosus does appear to extend into the the southern states.

See reference here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/97563
… Ross Hill, 2 December, 2008 - 2:09pm

 
centipede
Thanks, that sure does look like him. We found him in OKC so I guess he made it at least this far south. I let him go back into the garden after I scanned him. Him and his soldier beetle buddy.
… Ray Sears, 2 December, 2008 - 10:32pm

One of the tropical centipedes I think
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More info here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/23
… apgarm, 28 November, 2008 - 12:34pm

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