Megarian banded centipede
Scolopendra cingulata
Local namesçiyankırkayakyer çıyanısarı çıyan
- Do not touch
- Can sting
Stings with the venomous first pair of legs beneath the head, not with the mouth. VERY PAINFUL: burning pain for hours with marked swelling and redness; children may get fever, vomiting and dizziness. Not fatal in Turkey. Wash, apply cold and give pain relief; seek care if swelling spreads or breathing is affected. Never reach bare-handed under stones, logs or pots.
Key identifying features
One pair of legs per body segment, unlike the two pairs of millipedes
Yellow-olive segments each edged with a dark band at the rear
Curved venom claws formed from the first leg pair under the head
Flattened body that runs fast with writhing movement
Insect
- Order
- Scolopendromorpha
- Length
- 100–150 mm
Active months
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
Classification
The rungs scientists use to place living things by how closely related they are — from broad to narrow.
- Family
- Scolopendridae
- Genus
- Scolopendra
- Scientific name
- Scolopendra cingulata
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