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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » Stone Centipedes (Lithobiomorpha) » Lithobiidae » Lithobius » Brown Centipede (Lithobius forficatus)
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Stone Centipede - Lithobius forficatus
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Stone Centipede - Lithobius forficatus
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 5, 2006
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Contributed by tom murray on 5 March, 2006 - 6:52pm
Last updated 4 May, 2014 - 12:44pm

Moved
Moved from Stone Centipedes.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 4 May, 2014 - 12:44pm login or register to post comments

Order Lithobiomorpha; I don't
Order Lithobiomorpha; I don't know genus & species.
… Rowland Shelley, 8 March, 2007 - 7:31am login or register to post comments

BITE ME?
This stone centipede fell on my shoulder from a towel in my bathroom and scared the living BOO out of me. Will it bite and is it deadly. I know a few centipedes are dangerous. Can someone tell me if he can bite and inject posion?
Thanks in advance,
Caren
… Caren Eubanks, 3 September, 2006 - 2:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Not dangerous
These small centipedes won't normally bite, and they just want to get away to a dark place. Some of the larger tropical centipedes can give a nasty bite, but not these.
… tom murray, 3 September, 2006 - 4:09pm login or register to post comments

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