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  5. Centipedes

class

Centipedes

Chilopoda

Includes
62 native 11 introduced 3 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Soil Centipedes 24 native
  • Typical Centipedes 19 native
  • Stone Centipedes 17 native
  • House Centipedes 2 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native centipedes All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Common Desert Centipede Scolopendra polymorpha 8,947 observations
  • Giant Desert Centipede Scolopendra heros 5,753 observations
  • Eastern Red Centipede Scolopocryptops sexspinosus 5,592 observations
  • Eastern Bark Centipede Hemiscolopendra marginata 5,062 observations
  • Florida Blue Centipede Scolopendra viridis 2,011 observations
  • Thorn-tailed Bark Centipede Scolopocryptops spinicaudus 1,732 observations
  • Western Fire Centipede Scolopocryptops gracilis 1,270 observations
  • Big-leg Centipede Theatops posticus 1,173 observations
  • Diamondback Soil Centipede Geophilus vittatus 1,163 observations
  • Arizona House Centipede Scutigera linceci 400 observations
  • Strigamia bothriopus 381 observations
  • Scolopendra aztecorum 204 observations
  • Pseudolithobius megaloporus 179 observations
  • Theatops californiensis 172 observations
  • Blue Belly Centipede Scolopocryptops nigridius 171 observations
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