Michelsbacher A.E. 1938

• Authors: Michelsbacher A.E.
• Title: The biology of the garden centipede Scutigerella immaculata
• Location: Hilgardia 11: 55-148 (1938)
• Abstract: An attempt has been made in this study, not only to extend the knowledge concerning the garden centipede, Scutigerella immaculata (Newp.), but also to bring together much of the literature pertaining to it. The entire field is so extensive that it has not been possible to make a complete study of it. For this reason some of the material given has been obtained wholly from the literature. The fields most thoroughly studied are those which deal with the biological aspects. Many of the activitiews of the garden centipede have never been investigated throughly, and since the organism is a serious economic pest, it seemed that a better understanding of its biology might aid in directing control measures.