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Giant Desert Centipede

Scolopendra heros

5,945 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 Texas.January 219, February 210, March 238, April 452, May 332, June 277, July 250, August 172, September 257, October 217, November 206, December 199.
United States3,629
Texas3,377
Arizona705
Oklahoma377
Mexico302
Nuevo Leon167
New Mexico155
Arkansas101
Sonora60
Missouri45

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Classification

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

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