Pictures for You of Red-Headed Centipede and Hummingbird Moth
Hi Bugman! I love your site and consult it regularly since I moved to the Hill Country of Texas. I wanted to send you a couple of pictures I’ve taken of the subject bugs. The centipede was on the outside of my house just after I moved to Wimberely, Texas. It was about six inches long. The hummingbird moth was taken at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in South Austin this spring. I hope you enjoy them! Thank you for your wonderful site! Gratefully,
Heather Putnam
Hi Heather,
The photo you sent us of the Red Headed Centipede is especially nice.
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Trying to id this millipede from pa in the poconos.
This is a Flatbacked Millipede in the order Polydesmida. That is the best we can provide at the moment.
Update: (01/20/2008) Millipede IDs
Here are ids. for the millipedes on the millipede page. Most are quite old; don’t people submit new ones more often than this? (07/03/2007) PA. Poconos. Sigmoria (Rudiloria) trimaculata trimaculata (Wood) (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)
Rowland Shelley
North Carolina State Museum of Natural Science
What kind of bug is this?
I have been seeing alot of bugs of this kind in my house. They come out at night time and crawl on walls around the same time at night. I want to get rid of them. Can you give me some info about them and also how to get rid of these critters? Thank you.
Phil
Hi PHil,
We do not recommend ridding your home of House Centipedes. They are harmless predators that will eat more destructive and harmful arthropods in your home.
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cannibal centipede found this centipede feast a few nights ago here on mt. washington. i didn’t know they ate each other, but their food supply may be low (from the lack of rain this year, i’m supposing). this spring i haven’t been seeing many arthropods other than centipedes and a few types of spiders. yours,
phil
Hi Phil,
Are we neighbors in Mt Washington, Los Angeles??? We have been wanting to change the image of the House Centipede on our homepage, but have been waiting for an awesome image. Thanks so much for providing one. House Centipedes will obviously eat one another as well as including spiders insects in their diets.
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"Welcome to Hawaii "guest
Aloha!
Two years ago, my family moved to Oahu. Shortly after arriving in our new home, we were surprised by a LARGE centipede. My daughters had never seen one before. I was upstairs when my 6 year old screamed that there was a "big bug" crawling on the floor. I told her it was probably a roach–since they are in OVER abundance here. She said, "NO! It has a LOT of LEGS!!" My first thought was a millipede. I came to investigate and was shocked! I have never seen one so big. I know they can be bigger, but this was big enough. We all climbed on the couch and I screamed for my husband to come catch it. He caught it after some effort. It seems they are very fast too. After taking some pictures, we kept it overnight and fed it 2 crickets and a roach. It was a voracious eater! It caught ALL THREE insects in its legs and just "conveyor belted" them to its jaws so it could chew off their heads. The next morning, all that was left was a wing and a leg. We then released it into a storm drain. Despite its size, I would rather have a 7 inch centipede outside eating roaches instead of a gooey memory on the bottom of my shoe. The centipede is in a fish bowl and that is my hand holding it. It was the only way we could get size perspective without getting bitten or it running off.
Dawn
Hi Dawn,
Thank you so much for writing in with your thrilling account of an encounter with a Tropical Centipede.
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I just sat to study in my recliner. I was studying anatomy and physiology-for vet tech training-and this thing came out of the book. I took pictures of it on the arm of the recliner and then in the trash can I used to take it outside in. I can’t and won’t kill bugs or spiders, so I take them outside to be free. Anyway I sent a few pictures to my sister and she helped me find out what it was. Thank you for your site..very, very helpful. Hope you’ll show my little 2" critter to rest. I was scared and had to find out what it was, so I’m glad there are sites like yours!!!!!
Valerie Boyum,
Marshall, MN
Hi Valerie,
It was just about time to post a new House Centipede image and we liked your letter.
Many legged Beastie
Hello,
We saw this bug in the south of France (in the Gorges du Tarn region) last October. There were two of them living together in a crack behind the front door. They weren’t at all scared when the door moved. We’d love to have any information about it.
Thanks,
Emily
Hi Emily,
We have countless images on House Centipedes on our website. We receive so many requests for their identification that we always have an image posted on our homepage to facilitate our readership. House Centipedes are harmless nocturnal predators.
my bug
Thank goodness, I finally know what those creepy crawly things are. A house Centipede. Needless to say they scared the heck out of me. We have lived in our house for 5 yrs , and I have been running from these bugs for almost three yrs.. Finally I got this pic of one and found him on your site. Im am truely relieved to find they are not harmful, just really creepy..Any way heres my pic, and thanks for the GREAT site.
Pamela
Hi Pamela,
We are thrilled to find out we have helped to squelch one of your phobias.
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