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title: "Eastern Bark Centipede"
description: "Hemiscolopendra marginata — Altri animali. Hemiscolopendra marginata, the eastern bark centipede, is a common species of centipede found in the Eastern United States and parts of Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/eastern-bark-centipede
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Eastern Bark Centipede

> Hemiscolopendra marginata — Altri animali. Hemiscolopendra marginata, the eastern bark centipede, is a common species of centipede found in the Eastern United States and parts of Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Hemiscolopendra marginata*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 5099
- Wikidata: [Q6507854](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6507854)
- iNaturalist taxon: [244608](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/244608)

## Names

- en: Eastern Bark Centipede
- es: Escolopendra de la corteza

## Countries with the most observations

US (4421), MX (13)

## Summary

Hemiscolopendra marginata, the eastern bark centipede, is a common species of centipede found in the Eastern United States and parts of Mexico. The species commonly shelters beneath loose bark on dead or fallen trees. H. marginata is the first centipede species shown to exhibit sexual dimorphism in venom composition.

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

## Photo

![Eastern Bark Centipede](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-bark-centipede/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ken Kneidel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24241937

## Machine access

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