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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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Monster centipede - Scolopendra heros
Copyright © 2005 john and jane balaban

Monster centipede - Scolopendra heros
Ajo Mtn Trail, Organ Pipe Natl Monument, Pima County, Arizona, USA
March 29, 2005
Size: over 6 inches
Closeup of head

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Monster centipede (crawling away) - Scolopendra heros Monster centipede (head to right) - Scolopendra heros Monster centipede - Scolopendra heros
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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 15 June, 2005 - 9:56am
Last updated 9 June, 2006 - 4:26pm

Scolopendra heros
Anterior half of body of S. heros color variant with black head.
… Rowland Shelley, 7 March, 2007 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

S. heros arizonensis
Well you got the species right. I'm just here to help with the subspecies :P. It is Scolopendra heros arizonensis "tiger stripe." I think that's what people call that morph of it. Quite rare, actually.
… Canth, 9 June, 2006 - 8:23am login or register to post comments

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