Shane - 2020-01-02 Hi all, I'm looking specifically for a Chinese Red-headed Centipede, having a hard time finding a provider. If anyone sells or knows of a breeder, please let me know. Thanks!
Margaret - 2016-06-13 Yesterday I came across a quite large centipede in my plant pot. I captured it and put it in an old fish bowl with some soil, other bugs that were in the plant pot, and some water to moisten the soil. After I showed the kids the large creepy centipede I put the fish bowl in the shade outside. This morning the centipede had layed a large clutch of yellow eggs and had them nestled in a ball, protected by her legs. A little more then I bargained for, but I read online it takes a month for the eggs to hatch and I don't want to disturb to mother from her eggs. So I am wondering about longer term care from a centipede and babies. Especially what is best to keep them in, if the babies will be able to climb, and should there container have a lid? Thanks
Parker - 2018-12-22 In '68 outside Kontum, Vietnam we set up a camp on a nearby hill. We found numerous 4-5 inch centipedes. The Montagnards explained they were nasty. On inspection I found out why. Holding one with some bamboo tongs I held it near a flame. It sprayed st the flame. Turned out that each segment had 2 glands that defensively sprayed an acid. So, besides being bitten, you did NOT want to roll on one in you sleep. I would not recommend this type as a pet.
bob - 2010-04-24 When I was in Vietnam, we were setting up for the night by carving out a drainage ditch around our sleeping position. This was a hill area. As we were scratching the surface the bayonet poked through to a tunnel. The smell that came out was very acidic. As we watched a centipede emerged pissed as all get out... followed by another... these suckers had to be a minimum of 3 feet in length... have never found reference to any centipede larger then 18 inches.
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kevin O\'Brien - 2010-05-14 Bob, I would like to know where you found a reference to 18 in. centipedes? When I was in the central highlands of Vietnam We ran into 12 to 18 in. centipedes but the reference on this web site says the biggest Vietnamese centipedes are 8 in. The ones I seen would of had babies bigger than 8 ins. Hope you can help me out. "kevin"
Joe Luciano - 2010-07-10 Up at Pleiku, VN I was working in grass underneath my helicopter when I felt a pinch then stinging pain on my lower back. I quickly crawled out from underneath the Huey and grasped at my back pulling off a foot long ugly red-brown centipede. It wrapped itself around my wrist but I managed to get it on the ground and stomped on it finally killing it. My lower back burned and within 15 minutes I was doubled over with stomach cramps and dizziness and hyper breathing. My crew grabbed me and got me first to a medic who shot me with atropine and then about a half hour later a doctor managed to get some antinerve agent (?) from air base clinic about an hour later. During that time I was still hyperventilating; waves of stomach cramps and dry nausea. After the antinerve agent I started to recover almost immediately. Within an hour I felt pretty much back to normal and was able to fly later that night with no ill effects. 40 years later I will always remember the pain and disorientation from that centipedes bite. Joe
clay - 2011-02-14 I want to buy a 12''centipede or bigger in a glass case for my trophy room, IF anyone knows where I can get one please let me know!
Vernon Smedley - 2011-04-12 I was bitten by one of these. Came close to ending my career and my life. Ugly bastards.
PT - 2011-05-02 I live in Cambodia in a village near Phnom Penh. We get centipedes here all the time especially when the wet season begins. A couple of years back we had a big one definitely over a foot long, I'd say close to 50 cms from memory. We had a lot of kids around and it was in our school so one of the guys killed it but only after chopping it with a spade several times. I'm also trying to find what type of centipede it is that we get here. They are definitely painful if bitten - the locals are very wary of them. Do you know what they are?
Doc - 2012-07-26 When I was in Nam one night I was sleeping on the back deck of our tank in the jungle and woke up with a 6' centipede sucking or whatever on my arm...don't remember pain but my arm had a 6' swelling and it left a scar-type mark for about a year...took normal jungle rot marks years to go away.
clayton cambra - 2018-01-23 I still want to buy a 12'' centipede or bigger , dried in a case , let me no I have the money, [email protected]
clay - 2011-02-14 I want to buy a 12''centipede or bigger in a glass case for my trophy room. If anyone knows where I can get one please let me know!
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juan - 2012-05-26 i dont know where you are from or where you are at but i just purchased a vietnamese centipede about 12 inches long you can contact me at [email protected] they can even special order them for you i have all details and phone numbers for you !
luke - 2012-06-01 Go to floridaherps.com they have Giant Orange Legged Centipedes for sale - not sure how big they are but hope this helps
Crow - 2013-09-29 I'm interested in getting one as well. I have been reading the care for them, all kinds. I like planted vivariums, I've owned scorpions, spiders, tarantulas, but never a centipede they are so cool looking. I'd want to do a large heavily planted vivarium like 75 to 125 gallon if not bigger. Yes it's alright if it gets lost in there that's what it's supposed to do. But feel free to reply with opinions (no bug haters please) and/or helpful info.
Dan - 2013-12-14 Why do you want to buy a 12' centipede for your trophy room?
Mehboob - 2015-04-29 Just right now(29/04/2015; 12:42PM) orange legged centipede walked/moved on my leg.. but that was a slow moving one centipede..and at last i killed the centipede in my home..
clayton cambra - 2018-01-23 I still want to buy a 12'' centipede or bigger dried in a case, If anyone has one let me no ,I have to money . [email protected]
guinahen - 2012-09-19 I live in the most dryest part of Oklahoma, the western reigon, and just killed one of the Vietnamese Centipede on my front porch. I was suprised when I searched this critter and found out it is usually found in the tropics as well as sub tropics...almost sorry I killed it, but I have a dog and other animals and was afraid of it stinging them.
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Clarice Brough - 2012-09-19 Centipedes are definitely animals to be cautious of! I do wonder though if it may actually have been a
Giant Arizona Desert Centipede Scolopendra heros. They are quite variable in color and would be found in your local.
maryann - 2012-09-19 Nope, I just checked out the desert centipede, it did not look anything like I killed, the one I killed looked just like the one in the picture of the 'Vietnamese Centipede'...I am going to take it to the OSU extension office in just a little bit, they will (or should) be able to tell me about it. Headed to Oklahoma City, will tell you the results when I get back
Thea - 2011-05-08 I just caught one and I looked it up and it's an Orange-legged Jungle Centipede Asian Forest Centipede. It's 6 inches long. I live in Tobago and it's the second time I caught one but it's not poisonous, just for you to know.
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Charlie Roche - 2011-05-09 I am glad it isn't poisonous. How did you know?
Hazel - 2009-03-27 I just killed one of these centipedes in my house in texas. We get them every year, the longest one I killed was almost 6inches long. How can I keep this bug out of my house.
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motasm - 2010-06-05 I have a prob like it with some bad smell bugs every summer they come and the battle begins I use weapons like ball blasers swords from plastic and when we get out my dad puts some bug killing spray product so remember every thing can be a weapon against bugs so good luck!
Lalla - 2010-08-17 I live on one of the outlying islands of Hong Kong, and we get plenty of giant centipedes (average length 7 inches). The locals here swear by using sulphur to keep them away. They sprinkle it around access points of their homes. They also say that keeping a rooster is good, as they like to kill and eat centipedes. For me, I make sure that I keep all drains in the house covered at all times when not in use (this works very well). I don't like the idea of using sulphur, so I use a spray called 'Bio-Kill'. It is an award-winning HK product, and is totally safe for use around pets and humans. You spray it around doors, windows (any place where critters can get in). Maybe you can find something similar over where you live?
nate - 2010-12-24 Setting a post as to how you "just killed" a centipede on a forum where arachnid lovers come together to discuss topics based upon our love for these amazing creatures really isn't such a good idea.
The Vietnamese Centipede is a large, aggressive species with a nasty attitude and a serious bite!
Hi all, I'm looking specifically for a Chinese Red-headed Centipede, having a hard time finding a provider. If anyone sells or knows of a breeder, please let me know. Thanks!
I love them!
Yesterday I came across a quite large centipede in my plant pot. I captured it and put it in an old fish bowl with some soil, other bugs that were in the plant pot, and some water to moisten the soil. After I showed the kids the large creepy centipede I put the fish bowl in the shade outside. This morning the centipede had layed a large clutch of yellow eggs and had them nestled in a ball, protected by her legs. A little more then I bargained for, but I read online it takes a month for the eggs to hatch and I don't want to disturb to mother from her eggs. So I am wondering about longer term care from a centipede and babies. Especially what is best to keep them in, if the babies will be able to climb, and should there container have a lid? Thanks
In '68 outside Kontum, Vietnam we set up a camp on a nearby hill. We found numerous 4-5 inch centipedes. The Montagnards explained they were nasty. On inspection I found out why. Holding one with some bamboo tongs I held it near a flame. It sprayed st the flame. Turned out that each segment had 2 glands that defensively sprayed an acid. So, besides being bitten, you did NOT want to roll on one in you sleep. I would not recommend this type as a pet.
When I was in Vietnam, we were setting up for the night by carving out a drainage ditch around our sleeping position. This was a hill area. As we were scratching the surface the bayonet poked through to a tunnel. The smell that came out was very acidic.
As we watched a centipede emerged pissed as all get out... followed by another... these suckers had to be a minimum of 3 feet in length... have never found reference to any centipede larger then 18 inches.
Bob, I would like to know where you found a reference to 18 in. centipedes? When I was in the central highlands of Vietnam We ran into 12 to 18 in. centipedes but the reference on this web site says the biggest Vietnamese centipedes are 8 in. The ones I seen would of had babies bigger than 8 ins. Hope you can help me out. "kevin"
Up at Pleiku, VN I was working in grass underneath my helicopter when I felt a pinch then stinging pain on my lower back. I quickly crawled out from underneath the Huey and grasped at my back pulling off a foot long ugly red-brown centipede. It wrapped itself around my wrist but I managed to get it on the ground and stomped on it finally killing it. My lower back burned and within 15 minutes I was doubled over with stomach cramps and dizziness and hyper breathing. My crew grabbed me and got me first to a medic who shot me with atropine and then about a half hour later a doctor managed to get some antinerve agent (?) from air base clinic about an hour later. During that time I was still hyperventilating; waves of stomach cramps and dry nausea. After the antinerve agent I started to recover almost immediately. Within an hour I felt pretty much back to normal and was able to fly later that night with no ill effects.
40 years later I will always remember the pain and disorientation from that centipedes bite.
Joe
I want to buy a 12''centipede or bigger in a glass case for my trophy room, IF anyone knows where I can get one please let me know!
I was bitten by one of these. Came close to ending my career and my life. Ugly bastards.
I live in Cambodia in a village near Phnom Penh. We get centipedes here all the time especially when the wet season begins. A couple of years back we had a big one definitely over a foot long, I'd say close to 50 cms from memory. We had a lot of kids around and it was in our school so one of the guys killed it but only after chopping it with a spade several times. I'm also trying to find what type of centipede it is that we get here. They are definitely painful if bitten - the locals are very wary of them. Do you know what they are?
When I was in Nam one night I was sleeping on the back deck of our tank in the jungle and woke up with a 6' centipede sucking or whatever on my arm...don't remember pain but my arm had a 6' swelling and it left a scar-type mark for about a year...took normal jungle rot marks years to go away.
I still want to buy a 12'' centipede or bigger , dried in a case , let me no I have the money, [email protected]
Respect, mate.
I want to buy a 12''centipede or bigger in a glass case for my trophy room. If anyone knows where I can get one please let me know!
i dont know where you are from or where you are at but i just purchased a
vietnamese centipede about 12 inches long you can contact me at [email protected] they can even special order them for you i have all details and phone numbers for you !
Go to floridaherps.com they have Giant Orange Legged Centipedes for sale - not sure how big they are but hope this helps
I'm interested in getting one as well. I have been reading the care for them, all kinds. I like planted vivariums, I've owned scorpions, spiders, tarantulas, but never a centipede they are so cool looking. I'd want to do a large heavily planted vivarium like 75 to 125 gallon if not bigger. Yes it's alright if it gets lost in there that's what it's supposed to do. But feel free to reply with opinions (no bug haters please) and/or helpful info.
Why do you want to buy a 12' centipede for your trophy room?
Just right now(29/04/2015; 12:42PM) orange legged centipede walked/moved on my leg.. but that was a slow moving one centipede..and at last i killed the centipede in my home..
I still want to buy a 12'' centipede or bigger dried in a case, If anyone has one let me no ,I have to money . [email protected]
I live in the most dryest part of Oklahoma, the western reigon, and just killed one of the Vietnamese Centipede on my front porch. I was suprised when I searched this critter and found out it is usually found in the tropics as well as sub tropics...almost sorry I killed it, but I have a dog and other animals and was afraid of it stinging them.
Centipedes are definitely animals to be cautious of! I do wonder though if it may actually have been a
Giant Arizona Desert Centipede Scolopendra heros. They are quite variable in color and would be found in your local.
Nope, I just checked out the desert centipede, it did not look anything like I killed, the one I killed looked just like the one in the picture of the 'Vietnamese Centipede'...I am going to take it to the OSU extension office in just a little bit, they will (or should) be able to tell me about it. Headed to Oklahoma City, will tell you the results when I get back
I just caught one and I looked it up and it's an Orange-legged Jungle Centipede Asian Forest Centipede. It's 6 inches long. I live in Tobago and it's the second time I caught one but it's not poisonous, just for you to know.
I am glad it isn't poisonous. How did you know?
I am doing it! For a science project!
I just killed one of these centipedes in my house in texas. We get them every year, the longest one I killed was almost 6inches long. How can I keep this bug out of my house.
I have a prob like it with some bad smell bugs every summer they come and the battle begins I use weapons like ball blasers swords from plastic and when we get out my dad puts some bug killing spray product so remember every thing can be a weapon against bugs so good luck!
I live on one of the outlying islands of Hong Kong, and we get plenty of giant centipedes (average length 7 inches). The locals here swear by using sulphur to keep them away. They sprinkle it around access points of their homes. They also say that keeping a rooster is good, as they like to kill and eat centipedes. For me, I make sure that I keep all drains in the house covered at all times when not in use (this works very well). I don't like the idea of using sulphur, so I use a spray called 'Bio-Kill'. It is an award-winning HK product, and is totally safe for use around pets and humans. You spray it around doors, windows (any place where critters can get in). Maybe you can find something similar over where you live?
Setting a post as to how you "just killed" a centipede on a forum where arachnid lovers come together to discuss topics based upon our love for these amazing creatures really isn't such a good idea.