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Centipede (Genus Scolopendra)

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Published: 27 Jul 2026 › Updated: 27 Jul 2026Centipede (Genus Scolopendra)

Centipede (Genus Scolopendra)

Latin NameObservation dateLocation
Genus ScolopendraJuly 28, 2026Central Aceh Regency,Aceh, Indonesia

When I was in a palm oil plantation, suddenly a centipede climbed up my pants, of course it immediately made me panic and I immediately reflexively hit it. From its appearance alone we can see that this is a very scary animal, it has a long shape and has quite a lot of legs, this animal is very venomous and its bite can cause pain and swelling, especially the centipede that I found has a relatively large size. I feel very sorry for hitting this centipede, but this is an unintentional action, I was just trying to avoid something I don't want. If seen from its appearance, the upper body of this centipede is dark brown to black segmented, with reddish or bright orange legs and antennae, of course this is a female and a unique color but looks so scary on the body of this centipede.

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At that time I also tried to take some pictures of this centipede, and now I will share them here.

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Camera Usedpoco c65
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PhotographyGenus Scolopendra
Photographermaxmarvin@maxmarvin


Link to originalcommunity
Linkhttps://www.inaturalist.org/observations/385656653
LatitudeLongitudeMap
5.157395196.6278832https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=5.1573951045&mlon=96.6278832365#map=12/5.1574/96.6279

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