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Centipedes VS Spider
in Amber

Patience whilst loading, this is a detailed sharp hi resolution image that enables you to zoom in to see fine detail. Ultra rare action scene as a Centipede defends her babies from a spider. This is one of the many ultra rare insect in Cretaceous ambers that we acquired whilst searching for pterosaur in amber and birds in amber.

Spider VS Centipede

A rare interaction in this piece of Cretaceous amber - A spider is close to a centipede and below the centipede we can see small baby centipedes, perhaps the mother was trying to defend her children when the Cretaceous amber flow trapped the scene in this amazing window into the past. Feel free to right click on the image to download it as you can enjoy zooming in on different areas to examine them in close detail.

Spider VS Centipede in Burmite amber

Centipede VS Spider in amber by AAKZ is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal

MYRIAPODA (2c., 6o., 3f., 2g., 2sp.)

Chilopoda (3o., 1f., 1g., 1sp.)

Geophilomorpha (1f., 1g., 1sp.)

Geophilidae

Kachinophilus pereirai Bonato, Edgecombe & Minelli, 2014

Scolopendromorpha?

Scutigeromorpha

Bonato, L., Edgecombe, G.D. & Minelli, A. 2014. Geophilomorph centipedes from the Cretaceous amber of Burma. Palaeontology, 57 (1), 97-110.

Our taxa list is based on the amazing work of Dr Andrew J. Ross who has prepared a newer updated list and kindly offers it for free download
Amber lovers and Paleos can dig up the latest updated version here:
https://www.nms.ac.uk/media/1154465/burmese-amber-taxa-v2017_2.pdf

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Centipedes and millipedes

Myriapods share similarities, such as long, multi-segmented bodies, many legs, a single pair of antennae, and the presence of Tömösváry organs, but have many differences and distinct evolutionary histories, as the most recent common ancestor of centipedes and millipedes lived around 450 to 475 million years ago in the Silurian. The head alone exemplifies the differences; millipedes have short, elbowed antennae for probing the substrate, a pair of robust mandibles and a single pair of maxillae fused into a lip; centipedes have long, threadlike antennae, a pair of small mandibles, two pairs of maxillae and a pair of large poison claws.