Centipede is a common arthropod. It has many pairs of legs and is poisonous. Centipede is also a natural medicinal material, but there is a bug that is very similar to centipede, so in order to distinguish Each other, we need to understand the morphological characteristics of centipedes!

The centipede's feet are hook-shaped and sharp, and the hook end has a glandular mouth, commonly known as palatine, Tooth claws or poisonous limbs, etc., can discharge poisonous juice. Medicinal centipedes are large lipopods with only 21 pairs of legs and 1 pair of maxillopods; Qianchuanzi is a close relative of centipedes, scientific name Xianyi, with only 15 pairs of legs and 1 pair of maxillopods; Stone Centipede is also There are only 15 pairs of legs. There are also some centipedes with many and short legs, with 35 pairs, 45 pairs, and a maximum of 191 pairs.

The identification of male and female centipedes is complicated, and can only be determined from the comprehensive analysis of head, body shape and physique. The head is flat and larger, the posterior edge of the back plate of the 21st segment is flat and round, the body is larger and wider, the abdomen is hypertrophic, and the physique is soft, and the female is female if the genital area of the tail is squeezed by hand and no reproductive limbs are exposed; the head The protuberance is oval, the posterior edge of the back plate of the 21st segment is slightly raised and pointed, the body is smaller and narrower, the abdomen is thinner, and the body is relatively hard. Males have one pair of degenerated reproductive limbs in the genital area of the tail.