Blue Legged Centipede - Scolopendra sp. vs Ethmostigmus trigonopodus

[Elytra and Antenna]

There are at least three different blue legged centipedes from Tanzania with Ethmostigmus being the least blue of the three (and often called blue ringleg because only rings on the leg are blue, most of the leg is cream colored) and only one being Scolopendra. In the US there are some Scolopendra polymorpha with blue legs as adults while most only have blue legs as juveniles and various Scolopendra subspinipes color forms have blue legs when small. It's sort of like saying blue tarantula.

 

[Gel]

There are at least three different blue legged centipedes from Tanzania with Ethmostigmus being the least blue of the three (and often called blue ringleg because only rings on the leg are blue, most of the leg is cream colored) and only one being Scolopendra. In the US there are some Scolopendra polymorpha with blue legs as adults while most only have blue legs as juveniles and various Scolopendra subspinipes color forms have blue legs when small. It's sort of like saying blue tarantula.

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