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| cacoseraph |
Scolopendra polymorpha - "stripeless tiger"hypomelanistic?LITTLE YELLOW CENTIPEDE I had very good luck with centipedes on this hunt. I caught 8 more typically colored Scolopendra polymorpha and one centipede that i believe to be a *stripeless* tiger! if that is the case then i am for sure going to try to breed the characteristic 
As far as ID'ing goes the main contender (albeit, out of range by Shelley) to polymorpha woudl be S. viridis. Viridis have ~<=7 smooth basal antenomeres and polymorpha have ~>=7. as this fellow seems to have 9 i believe that eliminates viridis as a possibility. the centipede has 21 walking legs and eyes, so it is not scolopocryptops. i haven't seen pics of Arthrorhabdus pygmaeus but i believe the genus is typically red (and even farther away than viridis). i will have to go to Steven's site to see how to key between Scolopendra and Arthrorhabdus to be sure, though. oh yeah, for the record, every baby tiger i have seen so far (150+ between a number of broods) has had definite stripes at this size
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| Pulk |
nice!
is the second pic taken with a magnifying glass? |
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| cacoseraph |
i can't see the pics at work, but iirc, yes. er... i think. that is SOP for me, at any rate =P |
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