I was in my basement one night watching a movie when i saw something wriggling on the wall. I jumped up and hit the light and what i saw was amazing. This "bug" was a solid 4-5 inches from antennae to antennae. Id like some help identifying this critter, are they poisonous? Anything i need to be worried about?
This is a house centipede, Scutigera coleoptrata; they are general predators on other small invertebrates, mostly insects. They can deliver a painful (but not dangerous) bite of mishandled - see http://tinyurl.com/364hj for more information.
This message was edited Mar 26, 2011 5:37 AM
i've seen those before. they can really startle you! lol
Probably just about every house with a basement has them.
yes! they were in the basement of my old house up north years ago.
