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Eddie_the_Eagle

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Found this early this morning. Colouring was a sort of rich dark brown (hard to judge in the photo due to the glass I trapped it under) and it ran very quickly. It might be something really obvious but it's not in any of my field guides.

Unidentified invertebrate.jpg

I put it outside on the assumption that the garden is an ok habitat for whatever it is.
 
Note that there are hundreds of different species of Lithobius, so I'm not certain of the species ID, but it appears that L. forficatus is one of the most common species in the U.K. and is known as either the Common Centipede or Brown Centipede.

Related sites:

www.buglife.org.uk

Common centipede - Bug Directory - Buglife

Find out about the Common centipede in our bug directory for more fast facts about this species.
www.buglife.org.uk www.buglife.org.uk

Brown centipede | The Wildlife Trusts

A regular in gardens, hunting around compost heaps and under stones, the brown centipede is a common minibeast. Despite its name, it has 15 pairs of legs - one on each segment of its body.
www.wildlifetrusts.org www.wildlifetrusts.org

www.woodlandtrust.org.uk

Common Centipede (Lithobius forficatus) - Woodland Trust

Discover the common centipede, a scuttling hunter with a venomous kick. With images and spotting tips.
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk www.woodlandtrust.org.uk
 
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