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Tree of Life Media Contributed By Neil Cunningham
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Scientific Name
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Scutigera coleoptrata
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Location
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Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
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Comments
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This photograph shows how a house centipede can feed on more than one prey at once. One house cricket is shown paralyzed by venom and subdued under the centipede's left legs; a second cricket is being fed on/paralyzed in the centipede's mouth.
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Creator
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Chang Xiong
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Acknowledgements
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Photograph by Chang Xiong. Specimen identification and collection by Neil Cunningham.
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Specimen Condition
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Live Specimen
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Identified By
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Neil Cunningham
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Behavior
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Feeding
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Life Cycle Stage
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Adult
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Front
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Image Use
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 This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
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Copyright
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© 2008 Minnesota Department of Agriculture
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Creation Date
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August 1, 2008
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Attached to Group
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Scutigerina (Scutigeromorpha): view page image collection
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Title
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centipede_treeoflife1.jpg
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Image Type
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Photograph
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Image Content
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Specimen(s), Body Parts, Habitat
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Subject
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centipede, myriapod, house centipede, scutigera coleoptrata, Biodiversity, Neurobiology, Physiology, Taxonomy
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Key Words
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centipede, myriapod, house centipede, scutigera coleoptrata
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ID
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31380
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