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Common Silverfish

Lepisma saccharina

Photo by Machi
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43.6059, -70.2319

Field Notes

Description:

It kept raising its abdomen and then flattening back out. I put it on a piece of paper and put it outside, but it just flipped over on its back (I think because of the direct sunlight). I put it in the shade and it ran off

Habitat:

Inside my house. Suburban neighborhood

Reference Links:

Species Lepisma saccharina - Common Silverfish - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Machi
Thanks triggsturner! I thing it might have gotten a little scared because of the light.
triggsturner
Great series of a hard to photograph critter, esp your first one. They are usually so quick!! :)

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Wildlife of Northeastern USA
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BioBlitz, Maine
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New England Arthropods
Photographed
PublishedMay 20, 2016

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