#scolopendridae

[onenicebugperday]

Scolopendrid centipede (no common English name), Edentistoma octosulcatum, Scolopendridae

Found in Southeast Asia

Photo 1 by sparkn, 2 by vinceadam2017, 3-4 by dirkm, 5 by neymark, 6 by nickvolpe, and 7 by vojtablaze

[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

[bowelfly]

inkwash bugs

[chuck-wills-widow]

Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) with its emotional support Giant Desert Centipede (Scolopendra californianus) July, Palo Duro Canyon, TX USA

[mydeaddaddashdot]

[snototter]

A short-tailed mamushi (Gloydius brevicauda) preys on a Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra mutilans) in Korea

by Jean-Jacques Strydom

[every-day-creechur]

Otostigmus spp.

A genus of centipedes mainly found in South and Central America. There are about 157 species. The genus name comes from Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs), meaning 'ear', and στίγμα (stígma), meaning 'brand'.

image by Cade Campbell

[miyrumiyru]

So beautiful!

Okay, this girl is largest centipede i've ever encountered in my life ♥

Chinese Red-headed Centipede (Scolopendra mutilans)