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House Centipede

Scutigera coleoptrata

Photo by JVM
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Found inside an office building.

Reference Links:

Scutigera coleoptrata, House Centipedes — Entomology — Penn State University

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
EliseoRael
Thanks for posting this. My wife has been incorrectly identifying this as a silverfish.

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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PublishedJuly 27, 2011

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