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Giant Redhead Centipede

Scolopendra heros

Photo by AshleyT
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Field Notes

Description:

Dark blue body with orange legs and reddish head. Several inches long, there is a regular kitchen sponge in the last photo to use as size reference.

Habitat:

Caught in one of the pit fall traps I am using for my graduate research. The area is upland posk oak savannah with sandy soil. Was released away from my trap after a few photos..

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