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title: "Luminous Centipede"
description: "Geophilus carpophagus — Other animals. Geophilus carpophagus, the fruit-eating geophilus, is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/luminous-centipede
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Luminous Centipede

> Geophilus carpophagus — Other animals. Geophilus carpophagus, the fruit-eating geophilus, is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae.

- Scientific name: *Geophilus carpophagus*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 766
- Wikidata: [Q6508312](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6508312)
- iNaturalist taxon: [496758](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/496758)

## Names

- en: Luminous Centipede
- fr: Géophile carpophage
- nl: Bruine aardkruiper

## Countries with the most observations

FR (275), GB (159), BE (24), NL (24), DE (6), DK (3), JE (3)

## Summary

Geophilus carpophagus, the fruit-eating geophilus, is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae. It grows up to 60 millimeters in length, with an orange/tan body bearing a distinctive purplish marbled pattern (also seen in Henia vesuviana). Males of this species have 51 to 55 pairs of legs; females have 53 to 57.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geophilus_carpophagus

## Photo

![Luminous Centipede](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/luminous-centipede/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hybodus · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/325404665

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/luminous-centipede?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).