I’ve encountered these guys all my life. They are mostly small skittering puffy-stretches at a glance, but sometimes they can look like their red headed larger and snake-eating relatives at 4-5cm lengths.
They are extremely soft to the touch, as if a very light breeze just brushed off your arm hair. What I didn’t know is that they are like cats in this behaviour:
House centipedes have been observed to groom their legs by curling around and grooming them with their forcipules.
Forcipules are the modified, pincer-like, front legs of centipedes that are used to inject venom into prey. They are the only known examples of front legs acting as venom injectors.
What kind of insect is that? I can’t think of anything with that many legs that eats cockroaches.
House centipede
Insects have 6 legs. If I had to guess its a centipede drawn with too many legs per segment.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutigera_coleoptrata
Commonly known as a house or carpet centipede.
The drawing is pretty accurate.
I’ve encountered these guys all my life. They are mostly small skittering puffy-stretches at a glance, but sometimes they can look like their red headed larger and snake-eating relatives at 4-5cm lengths.
They are extremely soft to the touch, as if a very light breeze just brushed off your arm hair. What I didn’t know is that they are like cats in this behaviour:
Thank goodness
Also the image is
cursed:
Aww it’s okay, lil Scucoleo
Thems “silverfish” or naw?
Naw, silverfish look like this.
Silverfish?
Nope, house centipede, as they’re commonly known
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutigera_coleoptrata
Seems like those are what my roommates incorrectly call silverfish
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverfish are also pests. They eat books.
Are there silverfish big enough to eat roaches?