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They are creepy, but they eat baddies. The last time one showed up in our bathroom, my wife yelled at me to "Stop marveling at it!" It was the biggest one I h
by RajT88 3y ago
They are creepy, but they eat baddies.
The last time one showed up in our bathroom, my wife yelled at me to "Stop marveling at it!"
It was the biggest one I had ever seen, close to 3 inches. RIP Uber-coleoptrata scutigera!
- weatherlight 3y agoyeah, the get big and move fast..
- kibwen 3y agoIf they're big it means they're eating well, so consider how many more bugs you'd be seeing if it hadn't already made a meal of them!
- thaumasiotes 3y agoIs that true? My first guess would have been that size more or less directly reflects age.
- wkat4242 3y agoThat's not how it works with other species like humans :)
- thaumasiotes 3y agoTrue, humans reach a maximum size and stop. But they won't get bigger if you feed them more. If they eat too much, they will deform, but they won't just enlarge proportionally.
- deebosong 3y agoThis is frickin hilarious. Your awe and wonder at it, your wife's repulsion, and your eulogy hahaha
- greggsy 3y agoI just googled the scutigera and they’re somewhat more adorable than the giant centipedes we have in Australia (no they’re not everywhere, but they’re enough to startle you).
- andrewflnr 3y agoNot when you watch them move, I bet.
- kevin_thibedeau 3y agoThe thing about them is they're lightning fast compared to a standard short legged centipede.
- Izkata 3y agoThis may have been distorted by time, but I think that's about the average size of the ones I had at my old apartment. I discovered we had them when I was going to bed one night and one was just hanging out a few inches from my light switch.