Henia bicarinata - Male

Nice, larger Soil Centipede (Geophilomorpha) with 61 pairs of legs and ~55mm length - the swollen end legs make it a male.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

What a fantastic insect. This would totally be the type of species where I would photograph its hind, thinking its the head. Posted 5 years ago
1. Pudding4brains
  
  Lion
  
  To add insult to injury these will walk backward about as easily as forward :o) Posted 5 years ago

The Henia bicarinata

Henia bicarinata (Meinert, 1870) is a long Soil Centipede (Geophilomorpha) in the family Geophilidae (sometimes classified as subfamily Dignathodontinae, or even as a separate family Dignathodontidae in it's own right.

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Similar species: Soil Centipedes

Species identified by Pudding4brains