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Eastern red centipede

Scolopocryptops sexspinosus

无害对人无害。不用担心。

咬伤吃：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

生活在

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

北美洲

首页

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

长度

6.9 cm (2.7 in)1

最高速度

约 1.2 公里/小时（0.75 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

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.

怎样认出它

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

常被误认为： Specimens from British Columbia that were first thought to be this species were later identified as Scolopocryptops spinicaudus.1

毒液之力

咬伤

它咬的时候，毒液通过毒牙或牙齿出来。

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 轻微像被蜜蜂蜇一下或更轻。对人基本无害。

Its bite is painful.1

如果它咬人

清洗咬伤处，冷敷或泡温水止痛，如果变严重就去看医生。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果被它咬了：保持冷静，保持不动，拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样，拍张照片会有帮助。

它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己，而且它更愿意躲起来。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

和 2 块玩具积木排成一排一样长300 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Eastern red centipede和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一只陆龟 约 0.3 公里/小时 (0.19 mph)

Eastern red centipede 约 1.2 公里/小时 (0.75 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

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

谣言粉碎机

谣言： 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

给毒液专家

学名: Scolopocryptops sexspinosus
类别: 蜈蚣
家人: Scolopocryptopidae2
排序: Scolopendromorpha
大洲: 北美洲
宝宝: Females coil around their eggs or recently hatched young in summer to protect them from predators.1
对人的危险: 1 / 5: 轻微3