#4876 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co
Garden Lithobius
🇳🇱 Huissteenloper ·Lithobius melanops
🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 1022 LA Amsterdam, Netherlands
📍 1011 BP Amsterdam, Netherlands
📍 1792 AL Oudeschild, Nederland
📍 Floradorp, 1032 Amsterdam, Netherlands
📍 Westbeemster, Kerkplein (belbushalte), 1464 NG Middenbeemster, Nederland
📍 6708 LP Wageningen, Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Blaise Verrier-Cruz · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Jon J. Laysell · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. © Cedric Lee · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. 1022 LA Amsterdam, Netherlands:© Bret van Putten · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. 1011 BP Amsterdam, Netherlands:© ainali · CC BY 4.0
- 7. 1792 AL Oudeschild, Nederland:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 8. Floradorp, 1032 Amsterdam, Netherlands:© Stan van Remmerden · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Westbeemster, Kerkplein (belbushalte), 1464 NG Middenbeemster, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 6708 LP Wageningen, Netherlands:© Pádraic Flood · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
what is it?
Lithobius melanops , sometimes called the garden lithobius or European steppe centipede , is a species of Lithobiomorph centipede that occurs in many parts of the world.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 46 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #30 most seen of the jellyfish, starfish, worms & co in NL.
- 2,353 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Garden Lithobius
- Nederlands
- Huissteenloper
- scientific name
- Lithobius melanops
- class
- Chilopoda
- order
- Lithobiomorpha
- family
- Lithobiidae
- sightings in NL
- 46
- sightings in Europe
- 734
- sightings worldwide
- 2,353
- GBIF records in NL
- 78
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Lithobiidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 407287, Wikidata Q6511698, GBIF 2230166, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.