Centipedes (Chilopoda)

Unlike millipedes, centipedes have only one pair of legs per body segment, and centipedes can deliver a venomous bite. Centipedes are generally fairly fast runners and are found in a variety of habitats, but not usually in very wet or very dry places.

Chilopoda > Scolopendromorpha > Scolopendridae

Centipede (Scolopendridae) Florida Blue Centipede (Hemiscolopendra marginata)
Orange Co., NC
30 Nov 2006

This individual was at least 3 inches long and was found under a rock in the Duke Forest.

Centipede (Scolopendridae) Florida Blue Centipede (Hemiscolopendra marginata)
Orange Co., NC
30 Nov 2006

According to Jeff Beane at the North Carolina Museum of Science, this is the only blue-gray colored scolopendrid in the NC piedmont.

Centipede (Scolopendridae) Florida Blue Centipede (Hemiscolopendra marginata)
Orange Co., NC
30 Nov 2006

Centipedes tend to be much flatter than millipedes.

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