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  2. Scutigera coleoptrata - Wikipedia

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    As with many other arthropods, the larvae look like miniature versions of the adult, albeit with fewer legs. Young centipedes have four pairs of legs when they are hatched. They gain a new pair with the first molting, and two pairs with each of their five subsequent moltings. Adults with 15 pairs of legs retain that number through three more ...

  3. Centipede - Wikipedia

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    Centipedes are elongated segmented animals with one pair of legs per body segment. All centipedes are venomous and can inflict painful stings, injecting their venom through pincer-like appendages known as forcipules or toxicognaths, which are actually modified legs instead of fangs. Despite the name, no species of centipede has exactly 100 legs ...

  4. Scolopendra heros - Wikipedia

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    S. heros var. castaneiceps found in Oklahoma, with red head and black body. S. heros is the largest centipede in North America. [2] It has an average length of 6.5 inches (170 mm), but can reach up to 8 in (200 mm) in the wild, [3] and even longer in captivity. [4] Its trunk bears either 21 or 23 pairs of legs. [5] [6]

  5. Newly discovered species of 'horrific-looking' giant ... - AOL

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    A new and unusually versatile species of centipede called Scolopendra cataracta has been identified by scientists. Newly discovered species of 'horrific-looking' giant centipede will give you ...

  6. Forcipule - Wikipedia

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    Forcipules evolved from the maxillipeds – front legs – of centipedes' last common ancestor, believed to be somewhat Scutigeromorph-like. They were initially leg-like, then progressed into a more pincer or claw-like shape, as seen today, and restricted to horizontal movement. [ 1 ]

  7. Lithobius forficatus - Wikipedia

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    It is similar to a variety of other European lithobiid centipedes, particularly the striped centipede, Lithobius variegatus, but L. forficatus does not have stripes on its legs. Lithobiids leave the egg with seven pairs of legs, and each time they molt, they develop additional body segments with a new pair of legs on each. [ 1 ]

  8. Ultimate legs - Wikipedia

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    The ultimate legs are raised, splayed, and sometimes waved back and forth. [1] [2] The presence of spines on the ultimate legs of some species also serves a defensive role- as Lewis & Kronmüller (2015) put it, "a predator approaching from behind would come into contact with a battery of spines." [2] Scolopendra dehaani hanging from just its ...

  9. Scolopendra subspinipes - Wikipedia

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    Scolopendra subspinipes is a species of very large centipede found throughout southeastern Asia. One of the most widespread and common species in the genus Scolopendra, it is also found on virtually all land areas around and within the Indian Ocean, all of tropical and subtropical Asia from Russia to the islands of Malaysia and Indonesia, Australia, South and Central America, the Caribbean ...