Cormocephalus aurantiipes
Orange-legged Centipede at Chisholm, ACT
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| Cormocephalus aurantiipes | MichaelMulvaney | 14 Jan 2019 | |
| Scolopendra morsitans | MichaelMulvaney | 17 Jul 2018 | |
| Scolopendra sp. (genus) | MichaelMulvaney | 22 Nov 2016 | |
| Scolopendra sp. (genus) | CCS | 12 Sep 2016 |
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5 comments
4 Jan 2017
Had a few of these in the house i lived in Stirling weston creek. I moved out as i feared they would hurt my baby boy.
4 Jan 2017
They do have a sting but shy away from people so would only had been a problem if your son sought them out and tried to handle or step on them. Thanks for the postings.
12 Jan 2019
As with the other two sightings of S. morsitans currently, this is Cormocephalus aurantiipes
14 Jan 2019
Thanks Naja - I would appreciate advice about the features that distinguish these two centipedes
16 Jan 2019
In Scolopendra species the cephalic plate overlaps with the first body segment, in Cormocephalus it does not. As a faster but somewhat less accurate method of ID the C. aurantiipes in the region nearly always have this colour scheme
Location information
- Coordinates 149.126900-35.422280
- Altitude 650.6m
- Maps Simpsons Hill
- Places Chisholm, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 12 Sep 2016 10:34 AM Recorded on
- CCS Recorded by
Collections
- CCS Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cormocephalus aurantiipes Centipedes (Chilopoda) Other Arthropods
Species information
- Cormocephalus aurantiipes Scientific name
- Orange-legged Centipede Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 964.1m Recorded at altitude
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