ID this weard bug

[JungleGuts]

i found it scampering across the driveway after washing my car. Probably at least 2in big, what is it?

 

[Gigas]

Its a house centipede

 

[JungleGuts]

really, ive never seen one. WHen i 1st saw it i thought it was a centipede but it looked so weard and moved weard compared to most centipedes ive seen. thanks

 

[Gigas]

if you hold on abit longer one of the myriapod whizzes will give you the species name

 

[Scorp guy]

scutigramorpha to be exact. They are harmless, i catch them sometimes.

 

[thisgal]

Yuck, those creepy things are all over my basement. They give me chills. My grandma calls them "thousand-leggers."

 

[Gemeines]

I think these even look friendlier than normal centipedes, These things actually look like they have eyes.

I saw one trapped in my bathtub and it was eating a large house spider. It ate almost the entire thing- some of the legs got left behind.

I had one in a jar and it ate a moth, I tried to feed it more but it refused and acted like it wanted out. I let him go. (right back into the House! )

Thanks for showing us!

 

[Newports]

if u look close though, its mandibles are very similar too more venomous species. I think thats neat lol.

 

[Ecilious]

I've seen pictures of big centipedes of that 'design' on the myriapod board and they looked truely incredible.

From this thread (more pictures in there too): http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=62680&highlight=Thereuopoda

Behold! http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80/randolph20/oogeji7.jpg

 

[Gemeines]

I bask in the awesomeness..

 

[LongDucDong]

Thats a Scutigera coleoptrata.

 

[OldHag]

I kept one for about a year before it finally died. It even shed in my care. It could take down some pretty big crickets!!
They're pretty facinating critters.