#alipes

[dystopianroach]

instructions unclear: did not eat cockroach, fell asleep on finger instead

Alipes grandidieri

[herpsandbirds]

can i get some alipes centipedes? i love their leaf-legs...

OH HAVE I GOT A TREAT FOR YOU!!!

Cameroon Flagtail Centipede (Alipes multicostis), family Scolopendridae, found in West Africa

photograph by frupus

Photo 1: Alipes multicostis from Cameroon, Africa. (Credit: UG, modified)

Photo 2: Aspects of ultimate legs in Alipes spp.

(A) Posterior trunk with leaf-like ultimate legs in Alipes multicostis Immhoff, 1854 (Original A. Ruppert).

(B) Schematic representation of posterior trunk and ultimate legs in Alipes spp. (compiled after Alipes grandidieri; (Iorio, 2003) and Alipes crotalus (Gerstaecker, 1854); and own data).

Feather-legged Centipede (Alipes sp.)

photograph by Martin Grimm

Fan Tailed Centipede (Alipes grandidieri), found in Central-East Africa

photograph by BH Xotics 

A. grandidieri, Gorongosa, Mozambique

photograph by Piotr Naskrecki

Feather-tail Centipede (Alipes appendiculatus), found in southern-central Africa

photographs by Cowen Padayachee

[crevicedwelling]

What are your fav crawlies for each colour of the rainbow

centipedes, of course

[organicmatter]

chillest pede ever! love her so much already

[lilbugget]

Alipes grandidieri, Ghana flag tail centipedes

[fanggang000]

Alipes sp. multicostis #alipes #centipede

[dystopianroach]

a frighteningly cute threat display by my new Alipes (grandidieri?) centipede. Their morphology has evolved to grow two “leaflets” at the end of their ultimate legs, which are used for an intricate threat display, coupled by a hissing sound to tell you to stay away!

[dystopianroach]

he finally broke his hunger strike!

Male Alipes grandidieri