Centipede inside of rotting redwood - Scolopocryptops

Moved

… Aaron Schusteff, 22 January, 2015 - 12:03am

Thanks, you're right, the ultimates do look straight!

I'm going to miss that land. Pot growers and people living in trailers dumping sewage into the creeks is going to wipe out an unbelievably diverse ecological habitat! I already mourn its loss!

… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 27 January, 2015 - 1:36am

Down to two species from range considerations...

...either Scolopocryptops spinicuadus or S. gracilis.

See "Range" remarks on this info page for more detailed info and maps.

[I believe subfamily Kethopinae is ruled out due to the straight terminal segments of the backwardly pointing "ultimate" legs. Those terminal segments are described as "flexed [...] to form a clasping apparatus" on the 4th page of the PDF here. That leaves only genus Scolopocryptops in the North American fauna.]

… Aaron Schusteff, 20 January, 2015 - 1:23pm

Moved

Moved from Tropical Centipedes.

… Ray Fisher, 28 November, 2012 - 5:04pm

Thanks for help on the centipedes, Ray!

They are impressive looking things. Nice to get some info about them!

… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 6 December, 2012 - 5:45pm

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Moved from Tropical Centipedes.

… Ray Fisher, 28 November, 2012 - 4:36pm

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Moved from Centipedes.

… Ray Fisher, 28 November, 2012 - 4:34pm