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Centipede

Geophilus flavus

Description:

A yellowish orange Centipede. It appears to have 49 pairs of legs - unless I counted wrong.

Habitat:

Found in the backyard compost.

Notes:

Fast little thing.

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Geophilus flavus
Geophilus flavus Geophilus flavus


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3 Comments

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 11 years ago

hi telse
great spotting! this spotting belongs in the arthropod category. if you could move it, that would be great!
happy spotting!
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Telse
Telse 11 years ago

@ Jay, Thanks. I do know this much about what it is. Looking into Ali's suggestion, although I don't live by the seaside.

Telse
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Telse

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Spotted on Mar 1, 2013
Submitted on Apr 11, 2013

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