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Centipede

Lithobius forficatus

590Records since 2000
JunePeak month
72Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan24
Feb23
Mar53
Apr88
May90
Jun95
Jul61
Aug44
Sep31
Oct33
Nov18
Dec16

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England38
2Essex England23
3Argyll and Bute Scotland18
4Highland Scotland17
5Somerset England15
6Swansea Wales14
7Nottingham England14
8Norfolk England13
9Cornwall England11
10Gwynedd Wales11
11North Yorkshire England9
12Worcestershire England9
13Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland9
14Glasgow City Scotland9
15Orkney Islands Scotland9
418 England108 Scotland45 Wales15 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 72 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
590
Peak month
June
Counties with records
72
Scientific name
Lithobius forficatus
Group
Centipedes
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Chilopoda
Order
Lithobiomorpha
Family
Lithobiidae
Genus
Lithobius
Name with authority
Lithobius forficatus Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q790637 · GBIF 2230246