Orange-legged Centipede at Chisholm, ACT
Identification history
| Cormocephalus aurantiipes | 14 Jan 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Scolopendra morsitans | 17 Jul 2018 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Scolopendra sp. (genus) | 22 Nov 2016 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Scolopendra sp. (genus) | 12 Sep 2016 | CCS |
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5 comments
Leasy
wrote:
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.
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
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.
Naja
wrote:
12 Jan 2019
As with the other two sightings of S. morsitans currently, this is Cormocephalus aurantiipes
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
14 Jan 2019
Thanks Naja - I would appreciate advice about the features that distinguish these two centipedes
Naja
wrote:
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
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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
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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