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InvertebrateLCLeast Concern

Common Centipede

Lithobius forficatus

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The most familiar UK centipede, a fast-moving predator with 15 pairs of legs and powerful venom claws. Found under stones and bark throughout the UK, it hunts earthworms, slugs and insects, and is in turn eaten by shrews and hedgehogs.

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Quick Facts

Category
Invertebrate
Latin name
Lithobius forficatus
IUCN Status
LC — Least Concern
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Conservation Status: LC

Least Concern — assessed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.