Scolopendra laeta

1 Giant Centipede at Theodore, ACT

Scolopendra laeta at Theodore, ACT - 5 Sep 2019
Scolopendra laeta at Theodore, ACT - 5 Sep 2019
Scolopendra laeta at Theodore, ACT - 5 Sep 2019
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Identification history

Scolopendra laeta 21 Mar 2021 MichaelBedingfield
Scolopendra laeta 21 Mar 2021 StephenMahony
Scolopendra sp. (genus) 13 Sep 2019 MichaelBedingfield
Scolopendra sp. (genus) 13 Sep 2019 Harrisi

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2 comments

   21 Mar 2021
Thanks Stephen
StephenMahony wrote:
   21 Mar 2021
No worries. This is an interesting colour form of S. laeta that is only known to occur in the region from Canberra - Cooma. There do seem to be hybrids/integrades of it and the standard S. laeta colour for within the ACT.

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  • 5 Sep 2019 03:08 PM Recorded on
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