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Japanese Long-legged Centipede

Thereuopoda clunifera

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) rpcr213, some rights reserved (CC BY)

24 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Japan.January 3, February 6, March 7, April 23, May 47, June 43, July 44, August 24, September 23, October 27, November 16, December 4.
Japan267
China151
Kanagawa58
Taiwan Province54
Taiwan54
Okinawa Prefecture51
Zhejiang Province37
Kagoshima Prefecture24
Kyoto Prefecture23
Jiangsu Province22

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassCentipedes · Chilopoda
OrderLong-legged Centipedes · Scutigeromorpha
FamilyTypical House Centipedes · Scutigeridae
GenusThereuopoda

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Japanese Long-legged Centipede with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.