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Megarian banded centipede

Scolopendra cingulata

Description:

Spotted on the road near Campanario, Extremadura, Spain.

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5 Comments

PieterColpaert
PieterColpaert 11 years ago

Thanks Larry!

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 11 years ago

Wonderful spotting! Welcome to Project Noah!

injica
injica 11 years ago

Omg...I guess I don't live south enough :/ our are dark :)

PieterColpaert
PieterColpaert 11 years ago

Yes, it's really a fascinating creature! This one was between 10-15 cm. Like most of them. You can find them in southern europe. I saw them in Spain only 2 times

injica
injica 11 years ago

Very interesting spotting, haven't seen any centipede as colorful as this, really fits into the background :) how big it was?

PieterColpaert
Spotted by
PieterColpaert

Campanario, Extremadura, Spain

Spotted on Apr 26, 2012
Submitted on Jan 7, 2013

Spotted for Mission

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