Earth or soil centipede at Jerrabomberra, NSW
Identification history
| Geophilomorpha sp. (order) | 16 Apr 2022 | SimoneC | ||
| Chilopoda (class) | 16 Apr 2022 | SimoneC | ||
| Unidentified | 16 Apr 2022 | Tmac |
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5-10cm
3 comments
SimoneC
wrote:
16 Apr 2022
It is a bit difficult to tell from the picture but I think this is a centipede rather than a millipede, there appears to be only one pair of legs on each segment, while millipedes have two pairs of legs on most segments. There is not enough detail to ID the centipede
Location information
- Maps Mount Jerrabomberra
- Places Jerrabomberra, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- Tmac Recorded by
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Other Arthropods Centipedes (Chilopoda) Tmac Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 50mm or larger Animal size
Species information
- Geophilomorpha sp. (order) Scientific name
- Earth or soil centipede Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1018.1m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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