Please Id my centripedes

[spade]

some of the locals of the area said that the one i got is small.. they've seen twice as big... i got 4inches of this centipede

 

[peterbourbon]

Hey,

based on terminal legs, location and coloration (yes!) i would also say Scolopendra morsitans.

Regards,
Turgut

 

[spade]

ok here is the centipede.. sorry for poor pics i will use digicam later...

 

[Steven]

some of the locals of the area said that the one i got is small.. they've seen twice as big... i got 4inches of this centipede

i personally hate those fishermen-talk about how big their Centipede is/was,... but you gonna have to trust me on this, i once had a +/- 20 cm (8") Scolopendra morsitans from the Philipines.

so yeah i follow your locals that this is just a very small one


Philipines seems to be a good place to raise giant morsitans
the one i got in the past was caught on the roof of a house, interesting place for a centipede tmo

 

[spade]

so this one is a Scolopendra morsitans? thanks for the info

 

[spade]

Another question...

Are there Scolopendra heros in asia?

I've caught a couple of centipede black body with yellow legs that has some orange in it but the head is not that red.. the head is blakish orange.. the biggest i got is around 7inches

 

[peterbourbon]

Hey,

Another question...
Are there Scolopendra heros in asia?

i don't think there are Sc. heros in Asia.

I've caught a couple of centipede black body with yellow legs that has some orange in it but the head is not that red.. the head is blakish orange.. the biggest i got is around 7inches

Probably a Sc. subspinipes....but hm...you live in Philippines? Then it's maybe Sc. spinosissima.

Regards,
Turgut

 

[deathwing]

S. mortisan and S. s. s. seems right for me. Be careful about pedes kababayan, there are even some unID pedes in PH, and some are lethal, but I would like to see some of those again.

 

[spade]

Yes i think it is no Sc. heros but Sc. spinosissima cause some of them is actually orange legs not yellow..

And sad part is this morning I was bitten by one of them... an eight inch specimen... I was bitten twice by Sc. Subspinepes subspinepes but its not that painful compare to Sc. spinosissima.. It is very painful.. It got me in my middle finger and it swell immediately it was so hot... It was 10hours ago but it is still painful and I cannot close my middle finger...

I think it is not lethal in my part cause I've beet bitten by wasp, bees and a 2in regalis but with minimal pain... A can say Sc. spinosissima bite is the most painful I have experienced so far.

Maybe sometime I can find some new specie here.. wish me luck.hehe

Hello kabayan,... I only have 3 spicemen at the moment but the Sc. Subspinepes subspinepes I have may variety of color maybe some are Sc. de haani

 

[spade]

This is one of my Sc. spinosissima sp. 6inches or 7inches i think. It has yellow legs

 

[spade]

Sc. spinosissima?

Scolopendra subspinipes subspinipes?

 

[spade]

Are those Scolopendra spinosissima?

I will post the one with orange legs later

 

[peterbourbon]

Hey,

can you make detail pics of headplate and terminal legs?
Thanks a lot!

Regards,
Turgut

 

[A.Gneist]

Sorry, but this is not S. spinosissima.
It look´s like this:

 

[deathwing]

Your inbox is full spade... LOL... Yep, not S. spinos.

 

[spade]

heheh no message now kabayan.. I will try to post better pics when I have time. It really confuses me those with black body have many colorforms I think some are yellow legs some are orange, some orange with yellow..whew! And it sure gives a nasty bite, until now my hand still numb once in a while, its been three days since I was bitten

 

[spade]

Ok here are the pics:


The orange legs:

The yellow legs:

Looks like Sc. polymorpha:

The headplate and terminal legs:

Scolopendra subspinipes subspinipes?

GROUP PICS:

I hope you can help me identify them all....
I caught them together in one place and I am planning to hunt again maybe there are even more new species in the area... Just like what deathwing said "there are even some unID pedes in PH"

Thanks

 

[krabbelspinne]

Just for the first view:

the first one looks like colourform of Scolopendra subspinipes dehaani (first pic looks like three spines at the terminal legs), second one maybe the same.

the third one seems to be Scolopendra morsitans (polymorpha does not exist in Philippines, btw) and the last one is Scolopendra subspinipes subspinipes.

 

[peterbourbon]

Hi,

the first one looks like colourform of Scolopendra subspinipes dehaani (first pic looks like three spines at the terminal legs), second one maybe the same.

Only based on the pictures: It still can be Scolopendra subspinipes subspinipes, because this subspecies can also feature up to 3 dorso-medial located spines.
I personally would prefer to see a pic of the terminal legs' underside.

the third one seems to be Scolopendra morsitans

Yes, i confirm!

Regards,
Turgut

 

[cjm1991]

Sorry if its off topic but this is suprising that the different sp. have no problems being right on top of another. Do you think this could last longer than a month w/o cannabilism?