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Giant Redheaded Centipede - Scolopendra heros
Copyright © 2006 Jim Durham

Giant Redheaded Centipede - Scolopendra heros
Petit Jean State Park, Conway County, Arkansas, USA
September 9, 2006
Seen while hiking the Seven Hollows Trail with three of my brothers from Fresh Start Church in Vilonia, AR. God is so good!
Contributed by Jim Durham on 19 September, 2006 - 9:46am
Last updated 19 October, 2009 - 10:47pm

Scolopendra heros again, same
Scolopendra heros again, same color variant as in Oklahoma. The person with the hand is playing with fire; it delivers a nasty bite.
… Rowland Shelley, 7 March, 2007 - 8:48pm

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