Comment on legs to die for

1024_Kibibytes@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• survivalmachine@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  House centipede

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• Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Insects have 6 legs. If I had to guess its a centipede drawn with too many legs per segment.

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  • Cypher@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutigera_coleoptrata

    Commonly known as a house or carpet centipede.

    The drawing is mostly accurate.

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    • Land_Strider@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’ve encountered these guys all my life. They are mostly small skittering puffy-stretches at a glance, but sometimes they can look like their red headed larger and snake-eating relatives at 4-5cm lengths.

      They are extremely soft to the touch, as if a very light breeze just brushed off your arm hair. What I didn’t know is that they are like cats in this behaviour:

      House centipedes have been observed to groom their legs by curling around and grooming them with their forcipules.

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      • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Forcipules are the modified, pincer-like, front legs of centipedes that are used to inject venom into prey. They are the only known examples of front legs acting as venom injectors.

        Thank goodness

        Also the image is

        :::spoiler cursed: Image Image :::

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      • sverit@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        They are extremely soft to the touch W H A T?

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    • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Its small forcipules have difficulty penetrating

      Aww it’s okay, lil Scucoleo

      Thems “silverfish” or naw?

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      • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Naw, silverfish look like this.

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• HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Silverfish?

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  • kautau@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Nope, house centipede, as they’re commonly known

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutigera_coleoptrata

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    • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Seems like those are what my roommates incorrectly call silverfish

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      • Poik@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverfish are also pests. They eat books.

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  • Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Are there silverfish big enough to eat roaches?

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