Filmed and published on 30 April 2021
Full title: Tiger Centipede (Scolopendra polymorpha), aka Common Desert Centipede, Banded Desert Centipede
Location: San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California
- VIDEO BY ALICE
- SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
Dear Ones,
Here is a video of a surprise visitor in the middle of the night: a Tiger Centipede (Scolopendra polymorpha). There is a Summary after the video …
VIDEO BY ALICE
SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
I actually never saw anything like this before. But I heard that they are really poisonous. Maybe this one is not. [I checked; they have an exceedingly painful bite, but are not poisonous.]
Image: Tiger Centiipede (Scolopendra polymorpha),” by Alice B. Clagett, 30 April 2021, CC BY-SA 4.0
Image: Tiger Centiipede (Scolopendra polymorpha),” by Alice B. Clagett, 30 April 2021, CC BY-SA 4.0
I am going to try to catch it and put it outside. [I succeeded.]
In love, light and joy,
I Am of the Stars
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arthropods, Tiger Centipede, Scolopendra polymorpha, Common Desert Centipede, Banded Desert Centipede, macrobiology,
