Giant Centipedes: Experiences with Centipede Bites & Behavior

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When I was little I was bit by one of my native red colored centipede, Lithobius forficatus. I was playing with it, thinking it was a salamander. Then it bit me. I remember it hurt alot and learned that salamanders dont have fangs like that.

One never forgets those lessons! As a child, i once filled my many aquariums with mosquito larvae, thinking I had "discovered" a form of fresh water brine shrimp; I learned otherwise when those that escaped my fish and newts hatched...worse still, my poor sister was highly allergic! best, Frank