Bug FAQAmazonian Tricolor Centipede
Scolopendra viridicornis · Order: Scolopendromorpha · Family: Scolopendridae
The Brazilian giant centipede lives in the Amazon rainforest, with its type locality in Brazil. It captures prey with its body and legs and then delivers a venomous bite; it can also bite a predator that touches its limbs.
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Does it bite or sting?
It seizes prey with its body and many legs, then injects venom with a bite to subdue and kill it. When a predator touches its raised limbs, it can grip the aggressor and deliver a venomous bite.
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Where it lives
It lives in the Amazon rainforest.
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What it eats
It is carnivorous, feeding on other arthropods.
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Where it comes from
Its type locality is Brazil within the Amazon rainforest.
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Questions people ask
Where does the Amazonian tricolor centipede live?
It lives in the Amazon rainforest, with its type locality in Brazil.
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What does this centipede eat?
It is carnivorous, eating arthropods and, because of its size, also small vertebrates like rodents, frogs, snakes and lizards.
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Can it bite?
It can bite to subdue prey and to defend itself, delivering venom in the bite.
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Same family (Scolopendridae)
Common Desert CentipedeScolopendra polymorphaCan bite
Giant Desert CentipedeScolopendra herosCan bite
Eastern Bark CentipedeHemiscolopendra marginata
Mediterranean Banded CentipedeScolopendra cingulataCan bite
Chinese Red-headed CentipedeScolopendra mutilansCan bite
Red-headed CentipedeScolopendra morsitansCan biteSources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scolopendra_viridicornis
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