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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » House Centipedes (Scutigeromorpha) » Scutigeridae » Scutigera » House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata)
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late night visitor - Scutigera coleoptrata
Copyright © 2007 jhcampbell

late night visitor - Scutigera coleoptrata
Stamford, Connecticut, USA
May 6, 2007
Found around midnight on my electric razors charger which is warm to the touch.
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Contributed by jhcampbell on 6 May, 2007 - 11:10pm
Last updated 8 May, 2007 - 6:55pm

House centipede
Probably the only bug to make me run cold, something about how they appear fom nowhere and move too fast. I see many people asking if they bite, I picked up an wounded one and got pinched. There was no reaction and it barely made me bleed, just a spot of red.
… Eric, 20 June, 2008 - 6:24pm login or register to post comments

::shiver::
These guys creep me right the f--- out! Are they dangerous?
… McCann, 3 June, 2008 - 5:18am login or register to post comments

Centipede
Check out Scutigera
… Sean McCann, 6 May, 2007 - 11:34pm login or register to post comments

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