Scolopendrid Centipedes

Scolopendridae

Field notes

Scolopendridae (or, in older documents, Scolopendridæ), from Ancient Greek σκόλοψ (skólops), meaning "thorn", and ἔντερον (énteron), meaning "earthworm", is a family of large centipedes (class Chilopoda).

Children

Scolopendrinae 7 native
Otostigminae 1 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native scolopendrid centipedes All

Native to the US, by observations.

Common Desert Centipede Scolopendra polymorpha 8,947 observations
Giant Desert Centipede Scolopendra heros 5,753 observations
Eastern Bark Centipede Hemiscolopendra marginata 5,062 observations
Florida Blue Centipede Scolopendra viridis 2,011 observations
Scolopendra aztecorum 204 observations