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Not sure. Found on a damp night in an underpass. About 1.5cm length.
Spotted on Aug 17, 2012
Submitted on Mar 23, 2013
4 Comments
This is a centipede or more correctly, it was a centipede.
These scolopendromorph centipedes have about 21 segments and 42 legs.
I am uncertain if it is an exuvia (skin shedding) or the cut and damaged section of a real one. The fangs seem visible, and are the two cerci (actually the last two legs which are very long and mimic antennae) . I have seen exuvia before and they are short and constricted, but dry and hollow. Either way, there seems to be a bit of it missing.
i am having browse now, but its unusual i have never seen one, ever!
Done :) any idea as to what is it?
would you please consider adding your uk arthropod spottings to
The U.K Arthropod Survey,Thanks!
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/4649...