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What is this insect?

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Really?

You don't know what a centipede is?
Granted, there are like, thousands of different centipede species, and some are just like spiders in that they carry venom. Not going to be dangerous though.

Creepy ass little critters, but they are actually beneficial. If you have one in the house, that means it has food, which means its eating other insects. They're kind of your friend, though I'd prefer to never see one again in my life. 😛
 
Originally posted by: destrekor

Creepy ass little critters, but they are actually beneficial. If you have one in the house, that means it has food, which means its eating other insects.
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I'd rather have no insects in my house, thankyouverymuch.
I don't mind insects... if they are outside and not bothering me.

Spiders rule in my house. They own the basement but occasionally I'll see a ninja spider drop down or scurry away. I suspect there are hundreds in my house, but they are smart enough (usually) to stay hidden.
 
I have seen them before many times, just never knew it was part of the centipede family. It does look dead scary though.
 
Wow that's a pretty cool looking bug. We have centipedes here but they're the black/brown shiny ones that are usually mysteriously found in the basement. Apparently they come from the drains, so they probably live there all winter and once and a while will come in a house.
 
Those suckers disintegrate if you try to swat them. The newspaper will have a bunch of legs just jittering after being detached from the body.
 
Oh, and some of them do have venom if they can make it through your skin... bee sting type of pain if I remember correctly.
 
Originally posted by: RKS
Those suckers disintegrate if you try to swat them. The newspaper will have a bunch of legs just jittering after being detached from the body.
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Haha, thats exactly what I got when I killed it. Wonder it really died...
 
We had plenty of those when we lived in Virginia. WARNING: THEY CAN GET REALLY HUGE

I once woke up because I kept hearing this very light scraping noise. Turned on the light to find one of these things like 3-4 inches long right on the wall behind my head. I think that was the biggest one that I saw. I was very paranoid after that and always had trouble sleeping in that house.
 
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Oh, and some of them do have venom if they can make it through your skin... bee sting type of pain if I remember correctly.
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Yeah I think there are one or two species that have venom dangerous to humans, though most centipedes, if they 'sting' a human, it's basically just a typical spider/bee type pain.

Tough to actually get one of them to get close enough to you to even sting you though.

Oh, and yeah, technically centipedes sting, not bite, since while the venom is delivered from near their mouth, it's not their jaws/mandibles but rather something else... I think like mini legs.

Originally posted by: RKS
Those suckers disintegrate if you try to swat them. The newspaper will have a bunch of legs just jittering after being detached from the body.
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Yeah, self defense to the max - they just instantly drop whatever legs they think are being held, they can be hard to kill because they can scurry like crazy and if you don't get them hard enough all you get is a mess of legs. 😀

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
Wow that's a pretty cool looking bug. We have centipedes here but they're the black/brown shiny ones that are usually mysteriously found in the basement. Apparently they come from the drains, so they probably live there all winter and once and a while will come in a house.
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Yep, that's basically how all centipedes behave. They live for dark and damp places, if you find them in a dry area its mostly because they are searching for food or moving from place to place.
 
Originally posted by: Crono
Originally posted by: destrekor

Creepy ass little critters, but they are actually beneficial. If you have one in the house, that means it has food, which means its eating other insects.
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I'd rather have no insects in my house, thankyouverymuch.
I don't mind insects... if they are outside and not bothering me.

Spiders rule in my house. They own the basement but occasionally I'll see a ninja spider drop down or scurry away. I suspect there are hundreds in my house, but they are smart enough (usually) to stay hidden.
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Yeah, centipedes are basically the same as a spider in terms of behavior. Just as spiders are technically great to have in and around the home, like in gardens, centipedes are equally beneficial.
And the good news - spiders are more commonly less afraid to be in open areas, of course depending on the species. The typical house spider you'll find everywhere, typically in corners between walls and ceiling. Centipedes don't like being out like that, but they will scamper across the kitchen floor from time to time.

Hell, they even attack spiders, and eat just about any insect. I can't say I'd prefer to have either a spider or centipede over the other, both equally creepy, but centipedes just a little more creepy just because they are so damn fast and so...many...legs... :laugh:
 
Originally posted by: ra990
We had plenty of those when we lived in Virginia. WARNING: THEY CAN GET REALLY HUGE

I once woke up because I kept hearing this very light scraping noise. Turned on the light to find one of these things like 3-4 inches long right on the wall behind my head. I think that was the biggest one that I saw. I was very paranoid after that and always had trouble sleeping in that house.
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Ugh, that long in a house would be too damn creepy. I'd be paranoid as hell until I ran across it again and had the chance to kill it.

I once picked up an old railroad tie and out from under a centipede that was at least 6" long scurried away. Most terrifying looking bug I've ever seen. It had a very bright color as well, quite yellow.
 
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