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House Centipede

Scutigera coleoptrata

Photo by TinaNewtonArt
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Field Notes

Description:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scutigeromorpha
Family: Scutigeridae
Genus: Scutigera
Species: S. coleoptrata
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Habitat:

Outdoors, house centipedes prefer to live in cool, damp places.- Wikipedia

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Scutigera coleoptrata

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Comments (2)
Eva Varga
We just spotted these at our house too! Very cool. :)

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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The Wildlife of Shasta County
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Northern California Entomology
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PublishedDecember 27, 2011

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