Hii! So i just found a centipede in my house 😭
Fortunately i do care for exotic animals so i gave him a temporary enclosure till i can let him outside.
We currently have a storm anddd it is very late so he will have to spend the night!
He got a few freshly hatched crickets and now is chilling!
Has anyone else had something like this happen or just me? 😅
I’ve got a tarantula and scorpion, but this would be my first time keeping a centipede so I’d appreciate if anyone can give general tips they’ve learned through experience
Will see if I can link the original post in the comments :)
There are ‘pedelings! I call this my party mix soil because there were once some tiny crickets living in there (they were born there at some point RIGHT before the centipedes, assuming they came from one that I used to feed the parents). There are also springtails which I fear may not be there much longer either.
Mom and dad are not in there with them. Their parents would just eat them, and I’d rather they didn’t.
I need advice on how to take care of it if I decide to keep it.
found this little guy he is not even the size of my finger. i don't know anything about centipedes. is it a baby and does that mean the mother is nearby? i can't keep a centipede at home, sadly. i want to put it outside but my family is scared of centipedes and i am curious if the mother is nearby?
The most vigorous grower out of my little grow out group
Legs and head look kinda orange on here idk why but theyre RED. like a deep blood red irl. Beginning to wonder if its a juvenile cherry red scolopendra dehaani??
Hello,
So, I recently happened upon taking care of a Centipede because of my parents (not that I mind at all) for a little context I own a female curly hair tarantula and love having it next to me while I work. I have never seen a Centipede this big in my life in person outside of a zoo exhibit or something. The Centipede is about 7 inches long (only an estimate) I wouldn't say I'm scared of it per-say, but I have zero intention of handling what was at one point a wild Centipede.
So while I know at least a little bit about the spider but with the Centipede I need some pointers. Primarily if anyone could help confidently identify what type it is. I could do the research and stuff but secondarily if anyone had any tips or unusual bits of information that would help me to take better care of this guy that would be great.
Thank you!
I put my motorbike helmet on at the office and rode 10 mins to the gym. As I was arriving I felt a bite or something to my head. I thought it was maybe a bee or something. This is what I found when I took my helmet off.
My first thought was that maybe it was psychosis as there’s no way in the universe that a giant centipede was in my helmet in central Seoul.
Turns out it was very real.
Update: I’m glad everyone is enjoying my trauma 😂.
I picked up this little friend near to Naebang Station and rode to Bangbae when I felt the bite- I’m really glad I found him there and not when I was going over Banpo bridge on the way home or I’d probably be dead 😂.
I kicked him out of my helmet after 20 mins and he started charging at an old lady and her fruit stall- she started screaming at me as if he was my centipede that had escaped, I stamped on him to protect her stall and she screamed at me even more 🤷♂️.
The bite hurt for quite a few days and tbh it still tingles a bit now and again (it happened a couple of weeks ago). I found out we actually know very little about centipede bites and venom as they are so rare, so let’s see if I become the star of a new Kafka novel.
This was in my underwear and bit me multiple times around my junk.
Check out my S. dehaani (Fred) that decided to be out and about today!
I’ve had this lil dude for a minute, I own a Vietnamese centipede and found this guy in the yard a couple months back but he has gotten much bigger since finding him!! He’s stayed around this size for about two months now and i noticed some gross shit in his lil enclosure so he’s getting an upgrade today’s but I would love to know what he actually is!!
New here! I keep arachnids and feel I could care for this guy- I have feeders and small enclosures and everything to fill them. I JUST bought a couple plants at my local Saturday market (I live in Oregon) got home and this guy crawled out. Seems to be solo, and is sooo small (hand for reference).
Looking into local species here (though depending on this plant seller and where they purchase from, it may not have originated in Oregon at all) but little one is bright red and appears to have 13 pairs of legs. It’s so small, it doesn’t seem he should’ve been separated from mom yet at this size- but I’m going off ~5 mins of research.
Is it too small to care for? Is keeping responsible? I don’t want to release a non native species- any identification ideas? Enclosure size? I’ll look up more rn but wanted to post quickly since I know he needs moisture in soil.
Thank you in advance for any help/insight!
this sweet girl (i think, if i did my research correctly?) got trapped in a vase on my windowsill a couple of days ago. i was originally just super intrigued and wanted to see her in action, so i caught a spider and dropped it in the vase as well. holy moly, super cool!!! so i kept her for a little longer and dropped some other bugs in over the couple days. anyways, i’ve grown incredibly fond of her and i think i’d now like to keep her lol, but obviously this vase is not an ideal place for her to live. what can i put her in? i’ve been looking at like little terrarium style things but i really have no clue where to start, even just with that part. then, what should i include in it for her to be happy and thrive? and how much do they really eat? i dont want to over or under feed! sorry this is a lot of questions lol!
generally insects kind of give me the heebie jeebies so i keep my distance but i unfortunately just lost my dog a couple of weeks ago so i think that may be why i feel super inclined to make this little creature happy😅 and i also just think she’s really cool to observe so i’m very determined lol! any help or insight would be greatly appreciated, thank you so much! :)