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convincing photos
See this pic for a convincing photo:
www.flickr.com/photos/14734284@N02/4720718851/
Note: She is a little curled up towards the tail. When extended, counting the head antenna and tail legs extended, she is a just over 13". We put her in a long plastic tube to accurately mark her length.
Forget her length for a second though. It's her girth that is so impressive. She is very heavy. I've seen S. gigantea 9"-12" before back in the late '90s, but this girl is fat. "Baby" got back.
As for other pedes with big sizes, we all hear the rumors of stuff being massive, but no pics of these rumors. I've seen thousands of centipedes over the last 25+ yrs. and the biggest ones that I've personally seen and/or seen a pic with measurement proof are the following:
Scolopendra gigantea "black morph", 16" (there are many reports of this pede getting to 14"-16" and even larger)
Scolopendra gigantea "white-legged morph", 13"
Scolopendra gigantea "orange-legged morph" 12"
Scolopendra galapagoenis 12" (a scientist told me of a larger one on some islands off the Ecuadorian coast though)
Scolopendra s. dehaani "Yunnan Giant", 10.5"
Scolopendra s. dehaani "Chinese Giant Orange" 10.5"
Scolopendra s. dehaani "yellow-legged morph" 10"
Scolopendra alternans "Haitian Giant" (honey bee color morph), 10"
Scolopendra s. subspinipes "Chinese Giant Tiger Leg" 9.25"
Scolopendra s. dehaani "orange-legged morph" 9"
Scolopendra s. subspinipes "Solomon Island Mahogany Giant", 9"
Scolopendra mutidens "Chinese Beauty" 8.75"
NOTE: In the last 10 yrs., many hobbyists said they had the Scolopendra s. dehaani "yellow-legged morph" (goes under Mai Chau Giant and Vietnamese Giant names sometimes) of being 11"-12", but when they posted pics and/or I saw them and measured them, they did not exceed 9". I've had one that was a solid 10". This just goes to show how people can add a few inches onto their big pede.
I won't list anything under 8.75". As I don't consider those "giants". Of course, there will be different opinions, reports of owing something big, rumors of seeing something big and of course the fisherman tall-tales of adding a few inches to something that was seen, BUT post the pics with a ruler if you want it to be included in the "giant centipede club" at this NEW thread:
www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?p=1680279#post1680279
See this pic for a convincing photo:
www.flickr.com/photos/14734284@N02/4720718851/
Note: She is a little curled up towards the tail. When extended, counting the head antenna and tail legs extended, she is a just over 13". We put her in a long plastic tube to accurately mark her length.
Forget her length for a second though. It's her girth that is so impressive. She is very heavy. I've seen S. gigantea 9"-12" before back in the late '90s, but this girl is fat. "Baby" got back.
As for other pedes with big sizes, we all hear the rumors of stuff being massive, but no pics of these rumors. I've seen thousands of centipedes over the last 25+ yrs. and the biggest ones that I've personally seen and/or seen a pic with measurement proof are the following:
Scolopendra gigantea "black morph", 16" (there are many reports of this pede getting to 14"-16" and even larger)
Scolopendra gigantea "white-legged morph", 13"
Scolopendra gigantea "orange-legged morph" 12"
Scolopendra galapagoenis 12" (a scientist told me of a larger one on some islands off the Ecuadorian coast though)
Scolopendra s. dehaani "Yunnan Giant", 10.5"
Scolopendra s. dehaani "Chinese Giant Orange" 10.5"
Scolopendra s. dehaani "yellow-legged morph" 10"
Scolopendra alternans "Haitian Giant" (honey bee color morph), 10"
Scolopendra s. subspinipes "Chinese Giant Tiger Leg" 9.25"
Scolopendra s. dehaani "orange-legged morph" 9"
Scolopendra s. subspinipes "Solomon Island Mahogany Giant", 9"
Scolopendra mutidens "Chinese Beauty" 8.75"
NOTE: In the last 10 yrs., many hobbyists said they had the Scolopendra s. dehaani "yellow-legged morph" (goes under Mai Chau Giant and Vietnamese Giant names sometimes) of being 11"-12", but when they posted pics and/or I saw them and measured them, they did not exceed 9". I've had one that was a solid 10". This just goes to show how people can add a few inches onto their big pede.
I won't list anything under 8.75". As I don't consider those "giants". Of course, there will be different opinions, reports of owing something big, rumors of seeing something big and of course the fisherman tall-tales of adding a few inches to something that was seen, BUT post the pics with a ruler if you want it to be included in the "giant centipede club" at this NEW thread:
www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?p=1680279#post1680279
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