Giant Centipedes: Experiences with Centipede Bites & Behavior

[Bombina Bob]

Ive had some experience with many african and asian centepedes but never the Scolopendras.
one of the centepedes escaped and crawled up my shoulder when i was cleaning the feeders, i was
never bitten suprisingly but it felt verry bizzare. it was not hurt and i wasnt either. the reason
why it escaped is because it was able to push the critter keeper lid off, they CAN do this!

[exasperatus2002]

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.

[findiviglio]

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

[findiviglio]

Ive had some experience with many african and asian centepedes but never the Scolopendras.
one of the centepedes escaped and crawled up my shoulder when i was cleaning the feeders, i was
never bitten suprisingly but it felt verry bizzare. it was not hurt and i wasnt either. the reason
why it escaped is because it was able to push the critter keeper lid off, they CAN do this!

Thanks, Bob...they are surprisingly strong, aren't they? the Arkive video showing one snatching sizable bats attests to that!