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Centipede with young - Theatops posticus - female

Centipede with young - Theatops posticus - Female
Gray Court, Laurens County, South Carolina, USA
June 11, 2014

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Moved
Moved from Theatops.

Moved

I can't zoom far enough to se
I can't zoom far enough to see if there is a spine on the inner margin of the terminal legs -- definitely Theatops, but the species is uncertain. Maybe someone with better eyes could tell you. You are within the range of T. spinicaudus and where they occur I have found spinicaudus is more common, so that's my guess.

 
Thank you Joseph
I have added a couple more pictures- hope that helps :)

 
They do! Theatops posticus
For Theatops the close-up of the last pair of legs gets the final say. There is no spine, so these are T. posticus!

Cool find!

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