What is this bug?

[Otterwoman]

It seems every year I am confronted by some new, as yet unknown to me, bug in my backyard.
This year:

What is this thing??

Thanks

 

[SludgeMunkey]

Appears to be a relatively young Scolopendra sp. centipede. Given your locale and it's bright color, it may very well be Scolopendra heros. Could also be S. polymormphos.

 

[Coastal Groovin]

Looks to be a centipede. I feed them to my Salamanders by hand. I hold on to their heads and when the salamander grabs it I squeeze and crush their heads. This is so they can't bite my salamanders. Sometimes they get me just right and give me a little pinch. So this would be a big bite to a salamander. No insect goes to waste here.

 

[Alejandro]

I agree with Johnny.

 

[Ed]

I'll agree its a centipede but I have some strong doubts as to the species. I see those around here and they've always keyed out to be one of the soil centipedes like Geophilomorpha...


Ed

 

[Otterwoman]

Well, I never feed my sals anything I wouldn't eat myself, so I don't think they'll be getting any of these...:frog:

 

[Jennewt]

Well, I never feed my sals anything I wouldn't eat myself, so I don't think they'll be getting any of these...:frog:

I certainly hope this is another example of the Otterwoman's sense of humor. If not, I have to marvel at your ability to eat worms.

 

[Slimy2]

Having no eyes(by the looks of it) and being so thin and long, I'm with Ed. That definately looks like a soil centipede to me. Sorta looks something of the genus Strigamia (family Linotaeniidae and order Geophilomorpha).

 

[Ed]

I know some of the amphibian keepers that have terrestrial snail issues in thier terraria are trying out some of the soil centipedes to deal with the excess snails..

Ed