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Found this eastern red centipede coiled around her eggs while I was out looking for millipedes today
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I believe this is Scolopocryptops sexspinosus, the eastern red centipede. Females protect the clutch from predators and mold spores, and some species also protect young after they hatch.
Cool, interesting! I wonder if it is simply the physical removal of them, or if the saliva of centipedes has bactericidal and fungicidal compounds!