Soil Centipede - Strigamia bothriopus

Beautiful, bright red centipede that was close to 5cm long. Centipedes are metameric, which means that their body is divided into segments, which are mostly all identical. Metamerization is an important phenomenon that humans share with centipedes. In humans, metamerization is seen in the repeating spinal discs in our backbones.

Habitat: Leaf litter in a deciduous forest