What are the differences between centipedes and scolopendra?

Although there are many differences between centipedes and centipedes, and in the eyes of professionals they are two different creatures, people who don't know much about centipedes and centipedes often confuse them. If they are bitten, they can't figure out what creature bit them. In fact, centipedes are not poisonous at all, so you won't be poisoned after being bitten. But centipedes are different. They contain a lot of venom.

Thereuopoda, Scolopendra family (also known as earwig), commonly known as money string.

It mostly lives in dark and damp corners of houses. It is non-toxic and feeds on mosquitoes and moths. It is basically harmless to humans and can be considered a beneficial insect. The body is short and flat, grayish white, and divided into 15 segments. The spiracles are in the center of the back, the feet are easily detached, the venomous jaws are large, and the movements are agile. It grows mostly in dark and damp places inside and outside houses, preying on small animals such as mosquitoes and moths, which is beneficial. The most common dragonflies in my country are the flower dragonfly (Thereuonema tuberculata) and the giant dragonfly (Thereuopoda clunifera). It is said that killing the money dragonfly will lead to financial loss.

Centipede belongs to the class Myriapoda. The first pair of legs are hooked and sharp, with poison gland openings at the tips of the hooks, generally called palatal teeth, tooth claws or poison limbs, which can excrete venom. After being bitten by a centipede, its venom glands secrete a large amount of venom, which is injected into the subcutaneous tissue of the bitten person along the venom gland opening of the palatal teeth, causing poisoning.

The medicinal centipede is a large lipped myriapod with only 21 pairs of legs and 1 pair of maxillipedes; the "money centipede" is also a centipede with only 15 pairs of legs and 1 pair of maxillipedes; the "stone centipede" also has only 15 pairs of legs. Some centipedes have many short legs, with 35 pairs, 45 pairs, and up to 173 pairs.

the difference:

The morphological structure of the centipede is very similar to that of the centipede, with the main difference being that the centipede has a shorter body and particularly slender legs. When part of a centipede's leg is caught, it breaks off from the body, allowing the body to escape. This is an adaptation of the centipede to escape from enemies.

The above article introduces in detail the difference between centipedes and centipedes. The main difference is that part of the centipede's feet can fall off its body, which is a very good way for the centipede to escape, but the centipede does not have this feature.