Bug FAQVietnamese Centipede
Scolopendra dehaani · Order: Scolopendromorpha · Family: Scolopendridae
Also called: Malaysian Cherry Red Centipede
The giant Vietnamese centipede can grow to 25 cm or more in length. It hunts insects, spiders, vinegaroons and occasionally small vertebrates such as snakes and tree frogs.
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How to recognize it
The centipede’s back plates are brown-orange and its sides are yellow. Four colour morphs are dichromatic and one is monochromatic, all generally reddish, brown or orange.
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Where it lives
It can hunt in trees and has been observed foraging arboreally during the day.
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What it eats
Its diet includes insects, spiders, vinegaroons and occasionally small snakes, tree frogs and other vertebrates.
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Life cycle
Adults typically live five to six years.
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Questions people ask
What does this centipede eat?
It eats insects, spiders, vinegaroons and sometimes small snakes or tree frogs.
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Same family (Scolopendridae)
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scolopendra_dehaani
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