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Common Desert Centipede

Scolopendra polymorpha

9,218 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 233, February 264, March 438, April 585, May 390, June 186, July 159, August 162, September 206, October 210, November 270, December 208.
United States5,157
California2,681
Arizona1,539
New Mexico628
Texas562
Mexico443
Nevada186
Kansas152
Colorado109
Baja California89

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Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassCentipedes · Chilopoda
OrderTropical Centipedes · Scolopendromorpha
FamilyScolopendrid Centipedes · Scolopendridae
GenusGiant Centipedes · Scolopendra

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