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Topic started on 17-6-2009 @ 05:33 PM by wylekat
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I caught this thing making laps in the tub a few days ago- This is the best I can do for a picture of it. And yes, somehow, amazingly, it is STILL
alive. And moves like it has a jet engine (it got loose twice while I was trying to get a shot.) UGH! EW! GAK!
It has well more than 6 legs, a tiny bulbous head, and honestly looks like the love child of a centipede and a tiger fish. It seems to 'sit' on
it's rear end when resting.
I don't think the 'Cryptology' forum is a good spot for this monstrosity- as it is an actual beastie, and not a 'mythological' creature.
ANYONE have an idea what the heck it is?
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reply posted on 17-6-2009 @ 05:36 PM by DJDOHBOY
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Just to help people figure it out, Please mention what part of the world you are in.
Interesting little thing though, Are you going to let it back out?
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reply posted on 17-6-2009 @ 05:36 PM by Ventessa
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Ick. Glad it was in your tub, not mine....
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reply posted on 17-6-2009 @ 05:38 PM by bigfoot1212
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it's a centipede. they are common, won't hurt you and eat alot of bugs.
hope that helps.
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reply posted on 17-6-2009 @ 05:38 PM by 12m8keall2c
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It's merely a type of centipede
[edit on 17-6-2009 by 12m8keall2c]
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reply posted on 17-6-2009 @ 05:41 PM by CX
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Thats an alien if ever i saw one!
Looks cool though for a bug.
CX.
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reply posted on 17-6-2009 @ 05:43 PM by argentus
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I believe what you've captured is a common house centipede.
Perhaps you can snag Raven -- she's really well versed in Zoology, so I would guess also Entomology.
cheers
p.s. in the link, scroll down more than half the page, past the drawing of house centipede.
[edit on 17/6/09 by argentus]
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reply posted on 17-6-2009 @ 05:44 PM by wylekat
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reply to post by DJDOHBOY
Oops. NC in the USA.
Not a one line post! just a correction! Honest!
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reply posted on 17-6-2009 @ 05:44 PM by antar
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Ah, what a cutie... yes be sure and let the little guy go when your done adoring his specialness.
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reply posted on 17-6-2009 @ 05:46 PM by Majestic23
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Christ!!! Isnt that the thing from the faculty? I could not handle coming up against that kind of beast everyday. That thing should have its own
health bar.
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reply posted on 17-6-2009 @ 05:58 PM by wylekat
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Thanks for helping me clear that up. I didn't know what the heck it was- I just hope the cats haven't been harassing them. Have not seen but 2 of
these in twice as many years, before that, never knew they existed.
After a short jail sentence, I am pleased to report his little belegged bottom is free outside.
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reply posted on 17-6-2009 @ 06:04 PM by hillbilly4rent
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They were not common in the south east till about ten or so years ago but now Georgia is covered up with them I run across them or they run across me
in crawl spaces
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reply posted on 17-6-2009 @ 06:06 PM by bigfoot1212
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i used to have a few of them in my house- just left them alone(eat alot of flies and other insects). and funny you mentioned cats because a few years
ago i got a cat and haven't seen one since!
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reply posted on 17-6-2009 @ 06:08 PM by Geehood
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Thats a beast wow, i hate bugs lol
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reply posted on 17-6-2009 @ 06:17 PM by 808hero
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yeah centipede I get those a lot
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reply posted on 17-6-2009 @ 06:18 PM by tamusan
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Those little multi-legged fellows are very cool. They will eat the other insect residents of your home, including arachnids... Nice photo.
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reply posted on 17-6-2009 @ 06:51 PM by strum828
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Those things freak me out. I live in central OH and see them occasionally in my house. I saw one about that size the other day. Its the only
insect/critter that makes me jump and I have no idea why...
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reply posted on 17-6-2009 @ 07:01 PM by Picollo30
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in fact centipedes when passing on human skin release a toxin which can be very painful.so watch out. they are cool though they eat cockroaches,
spiders,etc.
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reply posted on 17-6-2009 @ 07:10 PM by PowerSlave
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I found one of these on the wall on the way to the basement, it had to be 2-3 inches at least. Never seen such a big and nasty bug before.
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reply posted on 17-6-2009 @ 07:13 PM by ADMIN X
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Yeah they can grow HUUUGE and do inflict a quite painful bite as well.
Scientifcally known as "Scutigera coleoptrata ", but more commonly "The house centipede or Silverfish"
The house centipede is capable of biting a human...When it does, it is no worse than a minor bee sting. The worst one can usually expect...is some
pain and a slight swelling...symptoms generally disappear within a few hours. However, the bite can cause health problems for those few who are
allergic to the extremely mild venom of its bite...a rash may develop and many minuscule bumps can form, an allergic reaction which might be
comparable to a bee sting, in terms of pain, or simply itchy, as with a mosquito bite.
I kill em on sight, that is if I can catch em, they have some sort of omni direction turbo thrust units attached to them, so consider yourselves
warned.
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