Common centipede

Common centipede

Common centipede is the common name of two centipede species:

  • Lithobius forficatus, a Eurasian stone centipede
  • Scolopendra morsitans, an originally African centipede, now found also in many other localities

The Centipede grass is also sometimes called common centipede.


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