A thirty-eight-a-pede

@JudyEv (325815)

• Rockingham, Australia

21 Jun 22

And they have those nasty stingy bits too.

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rsa101

@rsa101 (37966)

• Philippines

21 Jun 22

Actually Crawling creatures irritate me, but I can put up with them. Centipedes hurt a lot and may be harmful if bitten, which is something I despise about them.

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rsa101

@rsa101 (37966)

• Philippines

21 Jun 22

@JudyEv Good thing they did not sting you when you step on them. Good thing they are not that many in here. I can see some centipede in here but they are usually harmless and they only stay on old rotting wood as they consume it.

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@JudyEv (325815)

• Rockingham, Australia

21 Jun 22

Their bite can really hurt. I give them a wide berth.

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@JudyEv (325815)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Jun 22

@rsa101 I wouldn't like to be bitten by one.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111193)

• El Paso, Texas

21 Jun 22

I've accidentally unearthed one some years ago. It was curled around something but at the time I didn't know what, I covered it back up and left. I rarely kill if there's no reason to, centipedes eat insects and even mice sometimes. The ones I've seen were at least 6 inches long.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111193)

• El Paso, Texas

21 Jun 22

There's no way I could have swept one of those big ones into a dustpan, they're very fast and look mighty fierce.

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@JudyEv (325815)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Jun 22

@rebelann Is that you? You're very brave!

He looks to be a 38-legger too.

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@JudyEv (325815)

• Rockingham, Australia

21 Jun 22

I don't kill them usually. I might if it's in the house but these days I'm more inclined to sweep it into a dustpan and toss it outside.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (458230)

• Switzerland

21 Jun 22

I never wondered how they learn to walk, that is surely not easy with all those legs and feet... feet? Do they have feet?

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Anna

@LadyDuck (458230)

• Switzerland

21 Jun 22

@JudyEv

I would not get closer either.

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@JudyEv (325815)

• Rockingham, Australia

21 Jun 22

Good point but I'm not sure. And I don't really want to get any closer to one to find out.

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Anindita Sengupta

@aninditasen (15742)

• Raurkela, India

21 Jun 22

The picture shows that it's a harmful insect. I see them creeping in my garden.

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@JudyEv (325815)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Jun 22

It wouldn't be good to be bitten by one. The bite would be very painful.

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Anindita Sengupta

@aninditasen (15742)

• Raurkela, India

22 Jun 22

@JudyEv Yes, it is poisonous too. My uncle was bitten by it long years ago.

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M Cheung

@Beestring (13322)

• Hong Kong

21 Jun 22

Centipede eats bad bugs. But honestly, I feel uneasy if I see it in my place.

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@JudyEv (325815)

• Rockingham, Australia

21 Jun 22

I don't like them. They can hurt if they bite.

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M Cheung

@Beestring (13322)

• Hong Kong

21 Jun 22

@JudyEv Yeah.

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YoghurtGal

@flapiz (22403)

• United Kingdom

21 Jun 22

So is a thirty-eight-a-pede a cousin of the centipede or it is a mutated centipede?

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YoghurtGal

@flapiz (22403)

• United Kingdom

22 Jun 22

@JudyEv Hahaha clever!

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@JudyEv (325815)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Jun 22

I made up the name. I think different species have different numbers of legs.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (86764)

• United States

21 Jun 22

For some reason those always creep me. But that is the coolest colorful photo Judy!

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@JudyEv (325815)

• Rockingham, Australia

21 Jun 22

Don't they blend in really well with their surroundings?

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (86764)

• United States

21 Jun 22

@JudyEv Yes they do..shivver

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (73473)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

22 Jun 22

That is a really big one interesting photo,

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@JudyEv (325815)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Jun 22

I was impressed with how he blended into the background.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (205805)

• Walnut Creek, California

22 Jun 22

All I care about: Do they bite?

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@JudyEv (325815)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Jun 22

YES and the bite really hurts.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (129481)

• Israel

21 Jun 22

@JudyEv Judy, thank you for the information but to tell you the truth I do not like them.

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@JudyEv (325815)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Jun 22

I don't like them either. Doesn't he blend in well to the background?

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (129481)

• Israel

22 Jun 22

@JudyEv He looks like he is wide open and not in the background to me in the picture.

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Krissttina Isobe

@oahuwriter (26780)

• United States

22 Jun 22

Interesting! I only like house lizards, crickets & daddy long legs spiders indoors. Outdoors, ladybugs, butterflies, dragonflies, damselflies is what I like to see. Huge insect 38-a-pede, it is.

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@JudyEv (325815)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Jun 22

It looks sinister, doesn't it?

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Krissttina Isobe

@oahuwriter (26780)

• United States

22 Jun 22

@JudyEv Yes

. I too keep wide berth from it.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203452)

• Nashville, Tennessee

21 Jun 22

Wow that is a very interesting find. Nature is amazing.

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@JudyEv (325815)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Jun 22

I love watching them walk. It's pretty fascinating.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203452)

• Nashville, Tennessee

22 Jun 22

@JudyEv I have seen smaller ones and watched them. I remember Dustin seeing one for the first time. He was amazed.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (28566)

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22 Jun 22

I was bitten by one in Georgia once, while sitting on a friend's patio. Talk about painful. So I steer clear of them. I agree, they are very interesting, but I don't want to hang out with them!

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@JudyEv (325815)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Jun 22

I know their bite is very painful. I steer clear of them when I can.

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marguicha

@marguicha (215481)

• Chile

21 Jun 22

I have seen those bugs many decades ago, when I went to wilder country for vacations.

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@JudyEv (325815)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Jun 22

They are probably still around somewhere. We see them here occasionally.

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16533)

• China

21 Jun 22

I haven not seen such sort of centipede.Here the common centipedes have red head and black back.They are used as medicine.

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@JudyEv (325815)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Jun 22

That's interesting that the ones there are beneficial. Perhaps our aboriginal people have a purpose for these.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (12597)

• Ireland

21 Jun 22

@judyev Am now more than ever totally convinced that Ireland is the safest place to live!

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@JudyEv (325815)

• Rockingham, Australia

21 Jun 22

Haha - I thought you might be. But isn't he beautifully camouflaged? It would be so easy to accidentally step on him.

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Shiva

@Shiva49 (26204)

• Singapore

21 Jun 22

They cry out danger from the way they look. However, they do have a purpose too to exist.

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@JudyEv (325815)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Jun 22

Yes, I guess they have their place in the world.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (156271)

• United States

21 Jun 22

They can give you a nasty bite too!

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@JudyEv (325815)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Jun 22

Yes, and that's what I'm afraid of.

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Kandase

@Kandae11 (53679)

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21 Jun 22

They are horrid creatures with a sharp sting. Here in the country l am always on the look out for them, they sometimes get into my house through an open door. Luckily l have never been bitten by one of them.

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