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Centipede ID - Strigamia branneri
Copyright © 2008 Scott Justis

Centipede ID - Strigamia branneri
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
December 14, 2008
Size: 24-28mm
Soil Centipede? Found in leaf litter. It was eating the smaller centipede to the lower right.
Contributed by Scott Justis on 15 December, 2008 - 10:36pm
Last updated 4 April, 2014 - 9:32am

Moved
Moved from Soil Centipedes.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 4 April, 2014 - 9:33am

Strigamia branneri
This one took me a minute because the red color suggests S. bothriopus, but the leg count (~40) and the faintly visible diamond markings (most easily seen at the end of its body) tell me this is S. branneri.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 4 April, 2014 - 9:32am

Moved
Moved from Centipedes.
… Scott Justis, 16 December, 2008 - 8:45am

sure, Geophilomorpha order
can't tell you more
… v belov, 16 December, 2008 - 8:39am

 
Thought so..
Thanks!
… Scott Justis, 16 December, 2008 - 8:46am

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