Least lithobius
The least lithobius is a small, fast centipede that is red or orange. It loves dark, damp hiding places under stones and old wood. If you lift a stone in the garden, it zips away very quickly.
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Fun facts
It is one of the smallest centipedes in Britain.
It is one of the most common centipedes in the northeastern United States.
In winter it digs a little burrow to sleep in and comes out again when it gets warmer.
Sometimes it turns up in basements in winter, but that does not happen often.
It runs so fast that it is very hard to catch.
Most asked questions about Least lithobius
?Where do stone centipedes live?
Under stones, in rotting wood, in soil and under garden sheds.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Lithobius microps
- Group
- Centipedes and millipedes
- Family
- Lithobiidae
- Classification
- Chilopoda > Lithobiomorpha > Lithobiidae
- Lives on
- North America, Europe, Australia and Oceania
- Also known as
- Stone centipede
Where the facts come from
- Lithobius microps (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Mick Talbot from Lincoln (U.K.), England. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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