Scolopendra laeta

Giant Centipede at Molonglo Valley, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.015738-35.295928
• Altitude 659.6m
• Maps Piney Ridge Denman Prospect 2 Estate Deferred Area (Block 12) Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11)
• Places Molonglo Valley, ACT

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 5 Feb 2022 11:41 AM Recorded on
• trevorpreston Recorded by

• Collections

  Other Arthropods Centipedes (Chilopoda) trevorpreston

Additional information

• 25mm to 50mm Animal size

Species information

• Scolopendra laeta Scientific name
• Giant Centipede Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 1001m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
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