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Centipede

Description:

Long legs, striped long abdomen,

Habitat:

Indoors

Notes:

What is this thing?

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2 Comments

abtaylor375
abtaylor375 12 years ago

Silverfish are a type of insect, centipedes are not. This is a centipede.

Joseph Griffin
Joseph Griffin 13 years ago

I see those all the time. They're house centipedes or otherwise known as silverfish. They're harmless but sorta freaky.

SamuelKogan
Spotted by
SamuelKogan

Evanston, Illinois

Spotted on May 21, 2010
Submitted on May 21, 2010

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