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minus-squareMubelotixlinkEnglish1•3 months agoHome centipedes are the same everywhere. What you encountered was something else
minus-square@jaschen@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scolopendra_alcyona It’s not the same. They are significantly bigger here and much more venomous. The ones found in America are Scutigera coleoptrata.
Those bites are rare and barely noticeable
I live on a tropical island.
Home centipedes are the same everywhere. What you encountered was something else
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scolopendra_alcyona
It’s not the same. They are significantly bigger here and much more venomous.
The ones found in America are Scutigera coleoptrata.
Yes, as I said it’s a didferent specie