Giant Centipede: S3, dorsal

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Centipedes (Chilopoda)

Order:

Centipedes (Scolopendromorpha)

Family:

Centipede (Scolopendridae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Giant Centipede (Ethmostigmus rubripes)

This Photo:

🔍S3, dorsal🔎

Other name:

Australasian Giant Centipede

Thank you Joshua Gan for confirming and Cael Gallery for helping with the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
We've measured ~53mm (S4) to ~93mm (S3). A large centipede (upto 200mm) with 4 simple eyes (per side), that hides under rocks, etc.
The first spiracle on the side is much larger than those on other segments.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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