Centipede ID?
Posted by Mardon Erbland on May 3, 2006
Q: I wonder if you can provide a Family, Genus or Species for the centipede shown in the 2 photos that I took today? (See URLS below.) Thanks.
Habitat: suburban/yard
State: Newfoundland
Habitat: suburban/yard
A: Your photos are excellent - very helpful!
I'm really going out on a limb here but may have an "approximate" ID. Looks to me as though your animal, a stone centipede, is a member of the order Lithobiomorpha. This order has two families and the one I think that is yours is Lithobiidae. In fact, I think the genus is probably Lithobius but can't get it to species. Hope this helps. Thanks for asking.
John Wiessinger ( May 4, 2006)
Filed under: Creepy-Crawlies