Arboreal centipede in hollow twig - Hemiscolopendra marginata Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA June 22, 2014 Size: 5 cm long
Found in a dead twig (in the hollow pith) of Paulownia tomentosa, twig 2 meters above ground and 1.5 cm in outer diameter. Found while splitting twigs looking for ants. This centipede, and another I believe to be the same kind found in the hollow pith of a woody shrub, has me wondering about the biology of centipedes in twigs occurring well above ground in temperate North America.
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