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Stone Centipede - Probably Lithobiidae - Lithobius forficatus - female
Copyright © 2012 stan gilliam

Stone Centipede - Probably Lithobiidae - Lithobius forficatus - Female
Oak Ridge, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
November 27, 2012
Size: ~22 mm
See second picture for leg details.
Legs seem to have setae and spurs...making it Lithobiidae
according to guide page.
Male or female? see apical segment picture.
Found on a piece of wood on a cool rainy day.

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Stone Centipede - Probably Lithobiidae - Lithobius forficatus - female Stone Centipede - Probably Lithobiidae - Lithobius forficatus - female Stone Centipede - Probably Lithobiidae - Lithobius forficatus - female
Contributed by stan gilliam on 27 November, 2012 - 4:00pm
Last updated 3 April, 2014 - 9:16pm

Moved
Moved from Lithobius.
… stan gilliam, 3 April, 2014 - 8:58pm

Moved
Moved from Stone Centipedes.
… stan gilliam, 3 April, 2014 - 8:53pm

Moved
Moved from Centipedes.
… Ray Fisher, 9 January, 2013 - 6:57pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 2 December, 2012 - 4:24pm

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