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House Centipede

Scutigera coleoptrata

Photo by DanielHardt
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Found indoors.

Notes:

Long rear legs that it seems to use as feelers. Front feelers are a little longer than the rear legs. Looks to have mandible. Stripes of brown and dark yellow. Looks like it has compound eyes like a bee or dragonfly. Though it has multiple legs it doesn't move that fast.

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A Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) - Information on A Centipede, Scutigera coleoptrata

Species ID Suggestions

House Centipede

Scutigera coleoptrata

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ForestDragon
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ForestDragon
Great predators of "bugs" we don't like so much like cockroaches and silverfish (to name a few). Harmless and beneficial!

Spotted for Missions

Mission
The Pacific Northwest Bioregion
Mission
Portland: Urban Biodiversity

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PublishedJune 19, 2014

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