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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » Bark Centipedes (Scolopendromorpha) » Scolopendridae » Scolopendra » Giant Redheaded Centipede (Scolopendra heros)
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Black-Headed Centipede - Scolopendra heros
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Black-Headed Centipede - Scolopendra heros
Green Valley, Pima County, Arizona, USA
September 9, 2010
Size: 8.75"
He was found in a garage. They have teeth and hollow fangs like a snake. They don't usually let go when you get bitten and the area becomes painful and begins to deteriorate rapidly just like a snake bite. I do not know the gender nor the Scientific name for this centipede.
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Contributed by RONALD STEIN on 9 September, 2010 - 4:36pm
Last updated 21 October, 2020 - 10:09am

Moved
Moved from Centipedes. The internet tells me the Arizona subspecies (or color variety) of the "red headed" centipede has a black head.

http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/09/05/arizona-giant-centipede/
… John F. Carr, 9 September, 2010 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

Scolopendridae or Cryptopidae
According to myriapoda.org, the short segments 2, 4, 9, etc. and 21 segments in total put this in family Scolopendridae (other than genus Scolopendropsis) or Cryptopidae.

We have an expert on the order visit BugGuide occasionally and he should recognize this. It's like a color reversed version of the "red-headed" centipede.
… John F. Carr, 9 September, 2010 - 5:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

I expect Scolopendromorpha but I don't know centipedes.
… John F. Carr, 9 September, 2010 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

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