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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » Bark Centipedes (Scolopendromorpha) » Scolopendridae » Hemiscolopendra » Eastern Bark Centipede (Hemiscolopendra marginata)
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Florida blue centipede - Hemiscolopendra marginata (?) - Hemiscolopendra marginata
Copyright © 2011 stan gilliam

Florida blue centipede - Hemiscolopendra marginata (?) - Hemiscolopendra marginata
Trail by reservoir, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
April 24, 2011
Size: about 2 in.
Found under bark of a dead pine tree.
I got a lucky shot as it scurried away.
There seems to be a lot of variability in color among the specimens of
this type on BG. This one has a very red head.
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Contributed by stan gilliam on 24 April, 2011 - 5:36pm
Last updated 25 April, 2011 - 12:53pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… stan gilliam, 25 April, 2011 - 12:53pm login or register to post comments

Looks like it to me
21 legs is definitively a tropical centipede.

This one has the blue coloration extending down the sides, and the blue marks near the tips of the legs, both of which indicate H. marginata rather than Scolopendra viridis, and the fact that you found it in NC would indicate the more northern H. marginata as well.
… Sara Rall , 25 April, 2011 - 12:26am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Sara.
I'm gonna move it.
… stan gilliam, 25 April, 2011 - 12:52pm login or register to post comments

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