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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » Stone Centipedes (Lithobiomorpha) » Lithobiidae » Bothropolys » Bothropolys multidentatus
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Centipede - Bothropolys multidentatus
Copyright © 2013 pwamsley

Centipede - Bothropolys multidentatus
Great Falls Park, Fairfax County County, Virginia, USA
December 28, 2013
My current guess is "garden centipede" (Lithobius forficatus) based upon http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/garden_centipede.htm
However, they are not supposed to be active during the winter.
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Contributed by pwamsley on 28 December, 2013 - 9:02pm
Last updated 3 April, 2014 - 8:12pm

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 April, 2014 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

Bothropolys multidentatus
You will notice that it has triangular projections on segments 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, and 13, whereas Lithobius forficatus, which is the same size, has projections only on segments 9, 11, and 13. Both are very common, and they are not typically active in the winter but lifting whatever they are hibernating in can wake them up pretty readily.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 3 April, 2014 - 8:08pm login or register to post comments

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