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Eastern Red Centipede

Scolopocryptops sexspinosus

5,871 observations in the source records

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 27, February 29, March 27, April 40, May 32, June 19, July 16, August 16, September 21, October 24, November 23, December 23.
United States3,389
Georgia456
North Carolina442
Virginia333
South Carolina251
Maryland238
New York221
Pennsylvania197
Tennessee195
West Virginia186

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Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassCentipedes · Chilopoda
OrderTropical Centipedes · Scolopendromorpha
FamilyScolopocryptopid Centipedes · Scolopocryptopidae
GenusRed Centipedes · Scolopocryptops

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