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Eastern red centipede

Scolopocryptops sexspinosus

無害對人無害。不用擔心。

咬吃：肉

The eastern red centipede is a large centipede that lives in eastern North America. It is venomous and can move quickly. It is common, but it hides under logs and leaf litter, so people do not often see it.1

分布在

Eastern North America, from Florida and the Gulf Coast to Ontario in Canada, and west to eastern Texas and Nebraska1

北美洲

首頁

It lives in a wide variety of habitats, from sea level up to 1,950 m above sea level. It often hides under decaying logs or leaf litter. In summer, females can be found in rotting wood or under bark.1

長度

6,9 cm (2,7 in)1

最高速度

大約 1,2 km/h（0,75 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It feeds on spiders, insects, earthworms and smaller centipedes. Adults are active throughout the year.1

Eastern red centipede 的照片 — Eastern red centipede。照片：Matt Muir。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

Usually orange or reddish-orange; southeastern specimens may be browner1
Has 23 leg-bearing segments, with one pair of legs on each segment1
Has no eyes (ocelli), so it is blind1
Grows to about 7 cm long, with the longest measured specimen at 69 mm1
Moves swiftly1

常被誤認為： Specimens from British Columbia that were first thought to be this species were later identified as Scolopocryptops spinicaudus.1

毒液力量

咬

咬的時候，毒液會從毒牙或牙齒出來。

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 輕微跟蜜蜂螫差不多或更輕微。對人基本上無害。

Its bite is painful.1

如果牠咬人

清洗咬傷處，冷敷或泡在溫水裡止痛，如果情況變糟，要就醫。

一定要先打緊急電話（112、000、911）。這是一般急救指引，不是醫療建議。急救基本知識

注意安全

絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物，就算是很小的動物，就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
給牠空間。如果遇到了，保持冷靜，慢慢往後退，讓牠自己離開。
如果被牠咬了：保持冷靜，保持不動，打緊急電話（112、000、911）或趕快去醫院。記住牠的樣子，有照片會很有幫助。

牠不是想來抓你。牠用毒液來捕捉食物或保護自己，而且牠更想躲起來。更多安全知識

在世界上的哪裡？

非洲亞洲歐洲北美洲南美洲澳洲與大洋洲

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

跟 2 塊玩具積木排成一排一樣長可以在 300 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Eastern red centipede 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存，也不會傳送到任何地方。

牠有多快？

一隻陸龜 大約 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Eastern red centipede 大約 1,2 km/h (0,75 mph)

一個正在走路的人 大約 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

值得知道

小知識

It is blind, because it has no ocelli (simple eyes).1

It can keep working across a broad range of temperatures, because it can thermoregulate.1

In Canada, it is known only from the Niagara Gorge.1

破解迷思

迷思： Any centipede found in British Columbia is an eastern red centipede.

真相： Specimens from British Columbia first thought to be this species were later identified as a different species, Scolopocryptops spinicaudus.1

給毒液專家

學名: Scolopocryptops sexspinosus
類群: 蜈蚣
家人: Scolopocryptopidae2
排序: Scolopendromorpha
各大洲: 北美洲
寶寶: Females coil around their eggs or recently hatched young in summer to protect them from predators.1
對人的危險: 1 / 5: 輕微3