Why? Are there certain features that you are familiar with that I am not which would make this a female or something other than mirabilis? Compare to here: http://www.nadiplochilo.com/sscolopendrinae.html
I think what he's trying to say is that he might be skeptical on how you are able to ID the gender of the centipede, and why you think it is the species you state it as being. I'm curious myself because there are very few if any characteristics of centipedes that make them being able to be determined as male or female upon observation at a distance.
Did you take a look at the link image?
Yes, though it doesn't provide any support as to how you can tell which is male and female. There are also centipedes that share the coloration. I'm not saying "You're completely wrong." I'm making an attempt to clarify krabbelspinne's question, though he's probably best at that. However, I'm also interested how you can make both statements based on the photo provided.
So you keyed out this one by going off a blurry pic? What feature in the blurry pic did you use for you S. morsitans ID. It's amazing that you expect evidence from others you would never consider expecting from yourself.
How do you know those are not S. mirabilis? There are specific tarsal features of those specimens you wouldn't be able to see in a photograph. With nothing to back up your claim and no opportunity to check the features what are you claiming to think the species is now? What feature do you think I'm going off for the gender?
Would you happen to have some evidence for your species identification by color?
I pulled 3 of 3 photos that just happen to be in my attachments. So if I told you these were from Arizona, Florida, and China you honestly couldn't identify these species by color?
But you didn't try to key it out. You based it on color but you don't have evidence S. morsitans are ever that color. Your reference has nothing to do with the topic at hand since you can't make out features on the rear legs in the OP photo. I did not say S. mirabilis rear legs were any different on male and female. They aren't any different on the rear legs of the specimens in the link. You don't see any difference in the body shape?
Would you happen to have some evidence for your species identification by color? Are you now pretending you based it on the rear legs since you can't find a reference? You should take a look at the photos on your own webpage.
It's a bit confusing to see things go back and forth. Either way, I pointed out was that most species of centipede can not be sexed based off external observation, and the claim you've made several times thus far in being able to ID a centipede's gender merely by seeing a picture of it seems far-fetched. Now, if you were to provide several instances of which characteristics you look for in telling one apart from the other you might get more positive feedback and end up providing people with a method of sexing adult specimens. However, many of the more experienced keepers here rely on exposing the sex organs of centipedes to determine the gender despite having huge exposure to working with both sexes- I find it difficult to think that it can be so easily done based on external observation.