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Giant Cave Centipede

Thereuopoda longicornis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) ng_yu_fei, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 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 Singapore.January 7, February 4, March 9, April 11, May 12, June 11, July 10, August 8, September 9, October 4, November 6, December 13.
Singapore104
NORTH REGION62
Malaysia44
Australia26
Sabah26
Queensland25
Sarawak13
WEST REGION13
Indonesia9
India8

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 Giant Cave Centipede with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.