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Brown Centipede - Lithobius forficatus
Copyright © 2012 Pat Cassidy

Brown Centipede - Lithobius forficatus
Pilot Rock, Umatilla County, Oregon, USA
November 30, 2012
Size: 30mm
Ventral side of tail

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Contributed by Pat Cassidy on 30 November, 2012 - 2:05pm
Last updated 16 March, 2016 - 11:20pm

Moved
Moved from Stone Centipedes.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 April, 2014 - 11:55am

Lithobius forficatus
A common European introduced species. The giveaways are:

- size (few N.A. lithobiomorphs regularly exceed 20 mm in length)
- tergital productions on segments 9, 11, and 13 (these are the triangular projections on the side of the segments)
- many elliptical coxal pores in a single row
- 5 teeth on each side of the prosternum

The closeups were essential to make this ID.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 3 April, 2014 - 8:38am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 November, 2012 - 2:18pm

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