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Centipede - Scolopocryptops sexspinosus
Copyright © 2004 Troy Bartlett

Centipede - Scolopocryptops sexspinosus
Elachee Nature Center, Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, USA
May 11, 2001
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Last updated 7 March, 2007 - 10:29pm

Moved
Moved from Tropical Centipedes.
… Lynette Elliott, 7 March, 2007 - 10:29pm

Scolopocryptopidae: Scolopocryptopinae
Scolopocryptops sexspinosus (Say, 1821), the most common scolopendromorph centipede in the eastern US. Note that it has 23 pairs of legs and pedal segments, which places the specimen in the Scolopocryptopidae.
… Rowland Shelley, 7 March, 2007 - 9:16pm

This is Scolopocryptops sexsp
This is Scolopocryptops sexspinosus (Say, 1821) (family Scolopocryptopidae), which is extremely common and abundant throughout the eastern US.
… Rowland Shelley, 7 October, 2005 - 8:38am

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