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Garden Centipede

Lithobius forficatus

Photo by Dan Doucette
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

about 8cm, chestnut brown

Habitat:

urban garden

Notes:

I spotted this under some plywood beside our workshop. This was extremely difficult to photograph. It would not stay still.

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Lithobius forficatus

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Comments (2)
Dan Doucette
Thanks Latimeria. I was surprised to see this. I haven't seen many at all this season.
Latimeria
Great spotting Dan! I found one of these guys a few weeks ago.

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Mission
WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
Mission
Wildlife of the Niagara Region

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PublishedOctober 7, 2011

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