06-29-2020, 08:55 PM
(06-29-2020, 04:40 PM)Rodinus Wrote: We have these insects called Scutigéres over here in France (House centipedes)
From Spring until end of October we have these things scurrying from time to time on the walls of our house.
They can bite (rarely) and one night I woke up with one half way into my mouth! That slap hurt I can tell you!
Respects
Rod
![[Image: scuti2m.jpg]](https://www.insectes-net.fr/scutigera/images/scuti2m.jpg)
We have those in the US too. I've never seen any here where I live now, but I used to see them a lot when we lived in Kansas City. I don't know what they are called here, but I call them "gozillion legged death bugs from hell". Look to me like a mad scientist experiment crossing centipedes and spiders gone horribly wrong.
I used an aerosol can of hair spray and a bic lighter as a makeshift flamed thrower to kill them.
The normal centipedes that live here where I am now are bad enough. Thank God the giant Huntsman spiders keep them in check!
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