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Giant desert centipede

Scolopendra heros

Fa mo malQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.

Tschientpeis

MorsasMangia: Charn

Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

The giant desert centipede is the largest centipede in North America. It lives in dry deserts and rocky woodlands in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Its bright colours warn predators to keep away, and its bite is very painful.1

Viva en

Southwestern United States (from New Mexico and Arizona east to Arkansas, Missouri and Louisiana) and northern Mexico1

America dal Nord

Pagina iniziala

Found in the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts and other dry and semi-arid places, as well as rocky woodland, such as in Arkansas. It stays underground on warm days and comes out in cloudy weather.1

Lunghezza

20 cm (7,9 in)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 1,9 km/h (1,2 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

It hunts mainly at night for invertebrates and small vertebrates, including rodents, reptiles and amphibians. It can reach into the air to grab small flying insects, and uses its venom to subdue prey.1

Foto da Giant desert centipede — Giant desert centipede. Foto: gilaman. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

The largest centipede in North America1
Average length about 17 cm (6.5 in), and up to 20 cm (8 in) in the wild1
Has 21 or 23 pairs of legs1
The Texas and Arkansas form has a red head and a greenish black body and tail1
Several colour variants are known1

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.

Tge fa ses tissi?

Its venom is similar to that of other Scolopendra centipedes. It acts as a cytolysin, which damages cell membranes and ruptures cells, and it contains heart-affecting (cardiotoxic) proteins. The exact effects of the venom have not been fully studied, because it is hard to collect in useful amounts and breaks down quickly once processed.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

Bites cause sharp, searing pain and swelling in people, and there have never been any confirmed deaths from this species. Occasional symptoms include nausea, headache and localised skin death (necrosis). Severe cases, including kidney failure from muscle breakdown and heart attack, have been reported from Scolopendra bites in general.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

Its bright warning colours are a signal to predators to leave it alone.1

Sch'el morda

Lava la morsa, sfradenta ella u metta ella en aua tievja cunter las dolurs, e tschertga agid medicinal, sch'i vegn mender.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
Sch'in tal animal ta morda: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Nua sin il mund?

Africa Asia Europa America dal Nord America dal Sid Australia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

uschè lung sco 6 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess currer 100 meters en 190 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Giant desert centipede cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.

Quant svelt è el?

Ina tartaruga circa 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Giant desert centipede circa 1,9 km/h (1,2 mph)

Ina persuna che va a pe circa 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

bun da savair

Fatgs

It can grab small flying insects out of the air.1

It is the largest centipede found in North America.1

Its colours change between variants, and the red-headed form found in Arkansas, Missouri and Texas is especially well known.1

It is a slow-growing species that can live for more than a decade.1

It grows slowly, and it keeps the same number of body segments for its whole life.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: A bite from this centipede is deadly.

Vardad: No deaths from its bites have been confirmed. For people, the bite usually causes sharp pain and swelling in the area bitten.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Scolopendra heros
Gruppa: Tschientpeis
Famiglia: Scolopendridae2
Urden: Scolopendromorpha
Continents: America dal Nord
Poppins: It hatches from eggs.1
Privel per umans: 2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

Scolopendra heros (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Scolopendra heros (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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