Chilopoda (Centipedes)

Vietnamese Centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes subspinipes)
Stone Centipede (Lethobius sp.)
Japanese Centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes japonica)
* Red-head Centipede (Lithobius sp.)
Soil Centipede (Orphnaeus brevilabiatus) ?

Names preceded by an asterisk indicate common names that I have made up.

A centipede with a segmented dark body, orange legs, and a long antenna, placed next to a ruler showing approximately 4 inches in length.
A dead centipede with orange and yellow coloration laid next to a ruler indicating it is approximately 16 centimeters long.

Vietnamese Centipede

These centipedes grow to more than 12 cm.  They are found throughout Southeast Asia.  Introduced to Hawaii before 1847, possibly by Polynesian voyagers.

Close-up of a tiny, transparent insect or arachnid with blue-tinted legs and brown antennae.
Close-up of a small, elongated insect with a segmented body, multiple legs, and antennae, on a plain surface.
A close-up of a centipede with a dark body and light-colored legs, positioned on a white surface near a clear plastic container.

Japanese Centipede

Body length approximately 8cm long.

This subspecies (Scolopendra subspinipes japonica) is not supposed to be outside of Japan. Apparently it is now established in Hawaii.

Close-up of a small centipede with multiple legs, on a plain white background.
Close-up of a centipede with a brown body and many legs on a blue surface.

Red-head Centipede

This centipede is 3.3 cm long and about 1 mm in diameter.
ID by David Preston of the Bishop Museum.

Centipede crawling on tree bark.

Stone Centipede

Body length approximately 3cm.  30 legs.

Found throughout Europe, Caucasus, Turkey, and North Africa.  Widely distributed in North America, especially in the eastern United States, where it is likely an introduced species.

A brown millipede with many legs, curled on a white surface, and a small pincer-like object nearby.

Soil Centipede

This centipede is about 3 cm long and about 1 mm in diameter. It appears to be a type of Geophilomorpha centipede, most likely Orphnaeus brevilabiatus.