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Centipede

B3 Posts: 27,505

May 2023 edited May 2023 in Wildlife gardening

I've just seen a centipede about an inch long. It had a round , bright, shiny scarlet head. The body might have been black/ brown and yellow but tbh I was transfixed by the head. It was as if it was balancing a beach ball.
Anything on Google seems to be Asian or Texas. Do we have any native centipedes that match the description?

In London. Keen but lazy.

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Slow-worm Posts: 1,630

May 2023

I've never seen any but the usual - could it have been an abnormality?

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philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742

May 2023

@wild edges may know ?

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Sheps Posts: 2,236

May 2023

Maybe it had a red coloured tick or a mite latched onto its head?

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B3 Posts: 27,505

May 2023

Maybe, but it didn't seem liked that. It shot away for cover both times I disturbed it.

In London. Keen but lazy.
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StephenSouthwest Posts: 635

May 2023

It's clearly a combination of wet weather and 'fast fashion' - a lot of centipedes are wearing red rainhats this season...

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