Cormocephalus aurantiipes
Orange-legged Centipede at Crooked Corner, NSW
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| Cormocephalus aurantiipes | 8 Jan 2022 | SimoneC | ||
| Unverified | 8 Jan 2022 | trevorpreston |
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Some of biggest centipedes I've seen, 3 under one rock, one would've been about 12cm
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8 Jan 2022
The Cormocephalus genus includes some very big centipedes here in Australia, some on an island near Norfolk Island live on seabird chicks. They can be good mothers though and one of your photos is a great shot of a mother protecting her young
Location information
- Coordinates 149.269181-34.194296
- Altitude 778.0m
- Maps Burwood Creek Nature Reserve
- Places Crooked Corner, NSW
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 8 Jan 2022 10:35 AM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
- 50mm or larger Animal size
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- trevorpreston 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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