Cryptops sp. (genus)

1 Blind Scolopendroid Centipede at Watson, ACT

Cryptops sp. (genus) at Watson, ACT - 7 Jun 2021
Cryptops sp. (genus) at Watson, ACT - 7 Jun 2021
Cryptops sp. (genus) at Watson, ACT - 7 Jun 2021
Cryptops sp. (genus) at Watson, ACT - 7 Jun 2021
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Cryptops sp. (genus) 7 Jun 2021 SimoneC
Unidentified 7 Jun 2021 trevorpreston

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Significant sighting

SimoneC noted:

7 Jun 2021

This is the first Blind Scolopendroid Centipede on CNM

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About 20mm.

3 comments

trevorpreston wrote:
   7 Jun 2021
SimoneC, Here's another short earth centipede, seeming to have much less segments again than some.
SimoneC wrote:
   7 Jun 2021
Thanks for posting this. I think its a juvenile Cryptops sp. The head is the wrong shape for an earth centipede which are usually squarish, and the segments are not of uniform length. This (and your other shorty) are our first Cryptops
trevorpreston wrote:
   7 Jun 2021
Thanks for the work you are doing with the centipedes, its been great to see some new IDs.

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