Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Genus Scutigera

House Centipede - Scutigera coleoptrata Unidentified Multi-legged Bug - Scutigera coleoptrata House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) - Scutigera Centipede - Scutigera coleoptrata House centipede - Scutigera coleoptrata Centipede to black light - Scutigera coleoptrata House Centipede  - Scutigera coleoptrata House Centipede - Scutigera coleoptrata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Chilopoda (Centipedes)
Order Scutigeromorpha (House Centipedes)
Family Scutigeridae
Genus Scutigera
Explanation of Names
Scutigera Lamarck 1801
Numbers
one adventive and 1-4 native spp. in our area(1), ~30 spp. worldwide(2)