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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » House Centipedes (Scutigeromorpha) » Scutigeridae » Scutigera » House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata)
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spider/centipede mix? - Scutigera coleoptrata
Copyright © 2013 chaz3551

spider/centipede mix? - Scutigera coleoptrata
Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
June 17, 2013
Size: 1-2 inches long
This one creeped me out! At first glance it appeared to be a spider simply by the way its legs were moving but a closer examination revealed it is not a spider at all, this creature has multiple legs of which 3 (on its back side) appeared to be unusable as they did not move with the rest of the legs. Its body slithered around like a centipede and would contort itself in all different directions when touched.
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Contributed by chaz3551 on 22 June, 2013 - 9:18am
Last updated 31 May, 2014 - 2:49pm

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