#5000 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co
Banded Centipede
Lithobius variegatus
🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in Europe, not in NL
📍 Nottinghamshire, UK
📍 South Yorkshire, UK
📍 Hampshire, UK
📍 Ribadesella, 33568, Asturias, Espagne
📍 Jardim Botânico do Porto, Porto, Norte, PT
📍 4405-685 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Sam R · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © roxycl2005 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Sam R · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © lublamai · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Nottinghamshire, UK:© Luke D Chambers · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. South Yorkshire, UK:© Luke D Chambers · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Hampshire, UK:© Zara B · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Ribadesella, 33568, Asturias, Espagne:© Gaëtan Jouvenez · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Jardim Botânico do Porto, Porto, Norte, PT:© suprem21 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 4405-685 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal:© VitordaSilva · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
what is it?
Lithobius variegatus is a species of centipede found in Europe, sometimes called the common banded centipede or banded centipede .
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
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 1,771 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by William Elford Leach in 1814 (212 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Banded Centipede
- scientific name
- Lithobius variegatus
- class
- Chilopoda
- order
- Lithobiomorpha
- family
- Lithobiidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 1,563
- sightings worldwide
- 1,771
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1814 by William Elford Leach
relatives· Lithobiidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 342427, Wikidata Q3784333, GBIF 2230514, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.