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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » Stone Centipedes (Lithobiomorpha) » Lithobiidae » Lithobius » Brown Centipede (Lithobius forficatus)
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Lithobius forficatus
Copyright © 2014 metrioptera

Lithobius forficatus
Sanbornville, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
March 15, 2014
Found in a building.
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Contributed by metrioptera on 16 March, 2014 - 10:16am
Last updated 18 January, 2018 - 1:20pm

Moved
Moved from Lithobius forficatus.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 April, 2014 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

this was bigger than 20 mm - thanks for the ID!
Moved from Stone Centipedes.
… metrioptera, 3 April, 2014 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

How big was it?
If it was 20 mm or more then it is Lithobius forficatus. If it was smaller than an ID without looking at the underside is impossible, unfortunately.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 3 April, 2014 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

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