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Thanks for the ID...I appreciate it, although I admit I am disappointed it is not a Scolopendra polymorpha. What about the terminal legs makes it a dead giveaway? This specimen's terminal legs don't look quite as stubby as the pics of Theatops sp. I have seen , though I am a newbie to centipede identification...It's a Theatops sp.
Thanks!Doesn't look like an S polymorpha to me.
Thanks for the ID...I appreciate it, although I admit I am disappointed it is not a Scolopendra polymorpha. What about the terminal legs makes it a dead giveaway? This specimen's terminal legs don't look quite as stubby as the pics of Theatops sp. I have seen , though I am a newbie to centipede identification...
Thanks, that helps! I decided to go ahead and buy a Scolopendra polymorpha...AND go and flip some more rocks when it warms up a little...I flipped a couple in my native state about 20 years ago, and didn't know much about them at the time, just enough to know I shouldn't try to pick them up bare-handed. I would love to find some in the wild again...The last tergite is elongated and larger than the others:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/802482
Just a heads up, count the segments next time. Scolopendra are gonna have 21 segments, and in Cali, we only have polymorpha.Thanks, that helps! I decided to go ahead and buy a Scolopendra polymorpha...AND go and flip some more rocks when it warms up a little...I flipped a couple in my native state about 20 years ago, and didn't know much about them at the time, just enough to know I shouldn't try to pick them up bare-handed. I would love to find some in the wild again...
Thank you, I will definitely remember that, although...doesn't this one have 21 segments as well?Just a heads up, count the segments next time. Scolopendra are gonna have 21 segments, and in Cali, we only have polymorpha.
Yes, but that last segment is way too elongated to be Scolopendra and the terminal legs are too wide. The 21 segments thing is mostly to differentiate Scolopendra and Scolopocryptops (23 segments).Thank you, I will definitely remember that, although...doesn't this one have 21 segments as well?