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House Centipede

Scutigera coleoptrata

Photo by batex
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

About an inch long not including legs.
Back legs at least another inch long.

Habitat:

My bathtub! :-P
(I took it outside after the picture though)

Species ID Suggestions

House Centipede

Scutigera coleoptrata
daniel.dparsons
3

Silverfish

Lepisma saccharina

Reference Link
isabellaedoyle
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Comments (2)
batex
These things are just creepy and I found it in my BATHTUB!!
Mark Ridgway
Hey Batex this has too many legs for insect mission :)

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Insects of TN
Photographed
PublishedMay 16, 2013

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