Check this pic out! Basement Bug find !

[ChrisNCT]

Here is the beast I found in my basement!

 

[Scythemantis]

Nice shot of a house centipede

 

[heyjeyniceid]

My grandmother's basemant has many of those,some as long as 4 inches.

Ive never seen them bigger than there.

 

[heyjeyniceid]

they are harmless correct?

do they emit any sort of defencive chemical?

do they have any sort of defence?

 

[Jmadson13]

Very nice Scutigra, hope I spelt that right hehe. No defensive chemicals with these guys actually, unless you count venom as such.

 

[Stefan-V]

I tried to keep 2 of those, but they didn't touch any cricket or bugs I offered them, so I just let them go their ways. By the way, what do they eat?

Stefan

 

[TheNothing]

we've fed them a variety of things:
-orb weavers
-cellar spiders
-wasps

they're pretty cool

 

[heyjeyniceid]

can they envenimate you?

are they defensive?

 

[Scythemantis]

Harmless to humans. They're voracious predators that naturally live in caves, like so many other household inverts.

They're another example of a very common, inoffensive invert that still MAJORLY freaks people out and amazes others.

 

[Dom]

Yeah I've found some pretty big ones in the house. First time I saw them I was a little freaked out, but I assumed they were eating other bugs so I left them alone.
Very cool bug.

 

[heyjeyniceid]

Harmless to humans. They're voracious predators that naturally live in caves, like so many other household inverts.

They're another example of a very common, inoffensive invert that still MAJORLY freaks people out and amazes others.

yes, these things were conditioned to have a negative stigma since I was a child which is why I am asking such juvenile questions.

 

[stubby8th]

Here is the beast I found in my basement!

Chris-meister!
Looks like a cricket gone WAY wrong!
Not much of a 'pede' guy, sorry.

 

[Joe1968]

I see alot of those in my basement, they loose their legss easilly when you grab them.

 

[Nate]

Nice bands of color. The ones I find in my place are always a dull grey. None of my Ts will eat them though.

 

[slingshot71]

That is really cool!

 

[Bungholio]

Very nice shot of this pretty guy!
They are completly harmless.
When I was in greece my hotel room was full of those little guys.
They are amazing fast machines like every centipedes.
:clap:

 

[Fini]

They have rockets!

We have them here too. Sometimes at night the big ones will show up in our stairwell. They can get pretty big, though I think the biggest I've seen has to have been around 3 inches.

They kind of freaked me out the first time I saw one.

 

[YJHB]

Ugh, they freak me out EVERY time I see one...
Don't worry, I'm not a murderous wench...

 

[Bloodletting]

They are a bit odd looking but they will eat all insects, spiders and other centipedes. Not too bad too have around. They do give off an odd smell if you smoosh them.

The worst is when the shoot out of the drain.

Scott