Japanese House Centipede

Thereuonema tuberculata · Order: Scutigeromorpha · Family: Scutigeridae

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.

The Japanese house centipede originates from China, the Korean peninsula, and Japan. It has been introduced to North America, mainly in the eastern United States and as far west as Nebraska. In its new range it is often mistaken for the house centipede Scutigera coleoptrata.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 32 of 51 states and DC. Most records: North Carolina, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Virginia, Georgia.

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Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: introduced in United States; introduced in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Japanese House Centipede photo 3 — Photo: geosesarma, CC BY

Japanese House Centipede photo 4 — Photo: AverageWalrus, CC BY-SA

Japanese House Centipede photo 5 — Photo: unknown, CC0

Japanese House Centipede photo 6 — Photo: Bill Sheehan, CC BY-SA

Same family (Scutigeridae)

House CentipedeScutigera coleoptrataCan bite

Sources

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thereuonema_tuberculata

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.