Aaron-Betta Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 So the ladies of the house found a "weird centipede thing" in the hot water cupboard today, can anyone shed some light on what it is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 looks like an alien invader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 MAF / DoC might be interested in that, looks to be Scutigera forceps or something like it (house centipede) Changed my mind... Looks to be Scutigera smithii http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biosystematics/invertebrates/invertid/bug_details.asp?Bu_Id=65 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketman Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Coming from someone who used to collect snakes and scorpions... That thing, for whatever reason, gives me the heeby jeebies.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkles Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 lol, doesn't seem to be much info on them... Distribution: Maybe native Often found in houses Life History: Has powerful mandibles, could probably bite humans Runs fast Predacious Eats flies, cockroaches Looks very creepy :roey: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
si_sphinx Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Looks like a centipede x weta x caterpillar :sml2: Never seen anything like it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 yup Scutigera smithii they come into houses around when the weather gets colder i find. there evrywhere in auckland but dont often see them in the day throw a spider in for it to eat , there very aggresive from what i have seen at night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 yup Scutigera smithii they come into houses around when the weather gets colder i find. there evrywhere in auckland but dont often see them in the day throw a spider in for it to eat , there very aggresive from what i have seen at night I've seen the European ones in Italy, but never seen any like that in NZ before, maybe only in the upper north island/auckland area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird73 Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 We have had one of those here before. Bizarre looking things. It got kicked out pretty fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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