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Greater Lithobius

Lithobius pilicornis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) gkellerman0, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in France.January 0, February 5, March 10, April 8, May 8, June 5, July 7, August 5, September 5, October 4, November 2, December 2.
France61
Occitanie37
United Kingdom31
England28
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur10
Normandie6
Nouvelle-Aquitaine5
Wales3
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes2
Italy1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassCentipedes · Chilopoda
OrderStone Centipedes · Lithobiomorpha
FamilyLithobiidae
GenusTypical Stone Centipedes · Lithobius

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Greater Lithobius with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.