~10cm bl. Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center, Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 04/17/08. © Peter J. Bryant
Tiger Centipede
(Common Desert Centipede, Tiger Centipede, Banded Desert Centipede, Sonoran Desert Centipede)
Scolopendra polymorpha
This genus has 21 pairs of legs.
Chilopoda: Scolopendridae
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~10cm bl. Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center, Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 04/17/08. © Peter J. Bryant
Being attacked by a Burrowing Scorpion, Anuroctonus phaiodactylus. Limestone Canyon, Orange County, CA. 4/12/15. © Peter J. Bryant. A similar observation.