Subject: Dead Multicolored Centipede found in Mount Washington
Location: Mount Washington, Los Angeles, California
July 26, 2014
Yesterday, we walked out onto the patio and saw the Argentine Ants surrounding something on the concrete. We were surprised to see a small, two inch long, Multicolored Centipede in the genus Scolopendra. Though Hogue writes about them, we have never in our 34 years in Los Angeles seen one. Since our garden is kind of wild, we hope more may be lurking under stones and logs.
What's That Bug? does not endorse extermination
I just saw one for the first time ever! I’m in Newnan, GA. (Metro-Atlanta).