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Soil Centipede
Copyright © 2014 Carol G Cummings

Soil Centipede
Clermont, Hall County, Georgia, USA
June 2, 2014
One in every scoop of dirt for transplanting
Contributed by Carol G Cummings on 2 June, 2014 - 1:41pm
Last updated 3 June, 2014 - 2:49pm

Moved
Moved from Centipedes.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 3 June, 2014 - 2:49pm

It is definitely a geophilomo
It is definitely a geophilomorph, but a lot of different species look like this, so without a specimen under a microscope a species ID is impossible. It is in the family Geophilidae.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 3 June, 2014 - 2:49pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 2 June, 2014 - 3:22pm

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