Bugs of Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Cheyenne Mountain State Park is geographically situated just south of Colorado Springs. It lies beneath the eastern flank of Cheyenne Mountain, and borders the plains of Colorado. The park occupies an important transitional zone between Great Plains grassland communities and montane coniferous ...more ↓

Common Desert Centipede

Scolopendra polymorpha, the common desert centipede, tiger centipede, banded desert centipede, or Sonoran Desert centipede, is indigenous to the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico, up to the Pacific coast. It inhabits dry grasslands, forest and desert; in these habitats the centipedes will generally take up residence under rocks, though ...more ↓

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