House Centipede consuming shed
Crowbawt

House Centipede consuming shed

My Scutigera Coleoptrata consuming its shed. Interestingly he only ate about a 1/4th to a 1/3rd of it and then abandoned it, compared to Scolopendra that from what I understand usually eat the whole thing.
Great picture and a very cool pede. We use to have these in our old house, I had one run across my face one night while sleeping. Yeah, it woke me up!!
 
@Chris LXXIX I actually caught this one in my shower being batted around by my cat ha ha. I've always been weirdly fond of the little guys so I decided to try and keep him as an experiment... now I'm terribly attached. Oops!
 
@soldierof4cheese My house is full of them... sometimes they run across my bedroom ceiling at night while I'm trying to sleep which used to terrify me when I was a kid, but now I just think they're cute.
 

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Myriapods
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Device
samsung SCH-R970
Aperture
ƒ/2.2
Focal length
4.2 mm
Exposure time
1/15
ISO
800
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shed2.jpg
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Thu, 30 March 2017 5:00 AM
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1000px x 765px

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