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House Centipede

Scutigera coleoptrata

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Description:

scary looking, they were darting everywhere as we were digging up weeds in garden and I thought too fast to take a picture but then it suddenly froze for a few seconds so we could get photo then it darted off again, 14 pairs of long legs with dark stripes, yellowish brown

Habitat:

garden

Notes:

unearthed several while weeding and digging up sweet potatoe garden bed, insectivore

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Scutigera coleoptrata

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PublishedOctober 18, 2015

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