Cryptops sp. (genus)
Blind Scolopendroid Centipede at Bruce, ACT
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| Cryptops sp. (genus) | SimoneC | 6 Jul 2022 | |
| Unverified | trevorpreston | 6 Jul 2022 |
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3 comments
7 Jul 2022
This is the first one I have seen with such obvious spines on it, and quite different from other cryptops sightings. Much chunkier than the others.
7 Jul 2022
Yes I agree, it took me a bit of research to decide what it was. It’s definitely a Scolopendroid given the overall form. Cryptops use spines to capture their prey, although I only found one image on ALA that was anything like as spiny as this one. I suspect it may be something new or at least very seldom seem
Location information
- Coordinates 149.093548-35.261415
- Altitude 662.0m
- Maps Black Mountain
- Places Bruce, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 6 Jul 2022 11:39 AM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- Other Arthropods Centipedes (Chilopoda) trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cryptops sp. (genus)
Species information
- Cryptops sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Blind Scolopendroid Centipede Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1005.98m Recorded at altitude
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