#australian centipede

[drhoz]

#2014 - Cormocephalus aurantiipes - Orange-footed Centipede

Photo by Patrick Wake,

A medium-sized Scolopendrid centipede, up to 14cm long, found in most parts of Australia with the exception of the Northern Territory and Tasmania. Easily confused with C. westwoodi. The most common colour form has brownish-grey tergites on the body, and orange legs.

There are over 100 species in the genus.

Scolopendrids prefer moist conditions such as soil and leaf litter, and their spiracles have a three-flapped valve and muscles that open and close the holes, making the centipedes less susceptible to drying out than many invertebrates. When not hunting or resting, these centipedes spend a lot of time grooming to remove moulds and parasites.

Scolopendrid centipedes bite with their modified forelegs if disturbed or handled, and some species are very dangerous, although Australian species don't seem to be that venomous. Bites may cause severe pain and associated swelling. An ice pack may relieve the pain, but medical attention if symptoms persist, and anti-tetanus shorts highly advisable.

[southernimages]

Chalk’s Campground SA landscape, for full story and more articles go to

[waxsuyaaa]

asdefrgthyjhrgefgv hc4ukercfsjv. this is amazing

also very bad for the australians but ok

do you ever think about how sad it is that snakes don’t have legs

[alienkitty259]

What kind of hybrids I think some of the dol characters would be

Briar: moth, or snake

Bailey: German shepherd or wolf

Remy: bull or horse

Sydney: bunny or goat

Kylar: rat, hamster, or ferret

Whitney: honey badger or Pomeranian

Landry: raccoon

Robin: dear, squirrel, or bird

Wren: fox or weasel

Eden: bear or moose

Avery: jaguar or lion

Harper: spider, centipede, or leucochloridium

Morgan: rat or opossum

Jordan: sheep, dove, or donkey

Alex: australian shepherd

ivory wraith: octopus or snake

[brisquad-unit-4402]

rating luxiem and noctyx by how good they would be at taking care of bugs

my name is unit 4402 and i’m typing this on my phone. autocorrect’s suggested emojis are going to go crazy wish me luck

tags: ambiguous relationship, can be read as platonic or romantic, gender neutral reader, fluff, humor, bugs and spiders

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🖋 Ike Eveland: 4/10

he’s neutral about most bugs. he’ll pick up critters like beetles and caterpillars with his hands and set them outside

gets grossed out by the nastier bugs though. won’t touch ‘em himself, they’re lucky if he can gather himself enough to get a paper and cup. otherwise it’s swatter time with gritted teeth and barely mustered courage

SPIDERS. HOWEVER.

certified spider hater. absolutely terrified of them get out of here!!!

he'll use a swatter, pesticides, everything. but he’s so afraid of how they disappear when he’s not looking

you’ll have to keep an eye on it while he finds the pesticide or vice versa

if he’s unfortunate enough to be the one to kill it you’ll have to hype him up, calm his nerves, and then tell him it’s okay once the deed is done

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🦁 Luca Kaneshiro -100/10

this guy… easily the worst of both units at bug duty. you might just have to take the bullet

he gets sketched out by even the cute ones like butterflies and ladybugs if he looks at them for too long. there’s no way he could even take a moth with a level head

he even reacts to all of them the same. “AAAAH! T-t-there’s a [BUG NAME] in [room name]!”

even so he tries to be nice to them with a cup and paper, or some other method to get them out of his space

unfortunately australian wildlife has prepared him so smaller bugs are still scary but he’ll be a big scared scary mafia boss and take action

and everyone says they’ll leave the house as a joke if they can’t find the spider but it’s luca. there is a solid chance that he will invite you to stay with him in one of the kaneshiro vacation homes for about three days. that’s enough time for the bugs to leave, right?

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👟 Shu Yamino: 10/10

oh! a bug!

is rather delighted at bug!

honestly if it’s a cool bug he might just take a video of it doing its thing and give it a personality!

he has a out-of-sight, out-of-mind philosophy with bugs. he’s fine with just about anything as long as they aren't annoying

harmful pests will get swatted tho ofc

everything else, he’s fine with bringing outside himself without much fanfare

some of them are a little creepy but he tries to rationalize it. they’re just tiny animals and he’s a big strong sorcerer, it’s fine. what are they gonna do, infest him to death?

…he’s going to spray the house down later just to be sure.

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👹 Vox Akuma: 9/10

a wild card. and also VERY emotionally invested in any bugs that come his way whether that’s good or bad

if they manage to sneak up on him he’ll probably yell “WOAH” or curse out of surprise, then figure out whether he should be scared or not

surprisingly fine with the nastiest of them. he actually loves worms, centipedes and similar critters, and he’ll even admire them if they stumble into his territory

“look reader this is me if i were a worm. would you still love me if i was a worm 🥺” “vox please just get that thing outside”

spiders have a 50-50 survival chance. he’ll kill small spiders but bring the big ones outside because the big ones are like full Animals to him and slaughtering animals is not something he can bring himself to do (tiny ones don’t count)

are scorpions bugs? do they count? either way that’s his one objection. he wouldn’t touch them with a ten foot pole if he had the choice, but if you’re really that scared, then he’ll put on a brave face and hide his fear

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🎭 Alban Knox: 2/10

if he’s going to take care of a bug you need to make peace with the fact that he will whine the entire time

not a cute fun whine either. he’ll complain the entire time that it’s gross and nasty and ewww yuck ugh!

and that’s just for beetles and caterpillars

show him a spider or something else just as creepy and he will actually scream

and yell as he fumbles around to take care of it

and yell as he eventually grabs it with his hands (he’s panicking a little too hard to get a tool)

and yell as he tries to open the door and throw it outside

this is assuming he doesn’t find a slipper nearby. if he has a tissue or something he’ll smash the bug over and over until it’s pulverized

and he’ll STILL be yelling while he does that

the job gets done but at what cost

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🐑 Fulgur Ovid: 6/10

he’s not a 6/10 because he dislikes bugs. he’s neutral towards them, not really creeped out by them but not a fan either

he’s a 6/10 because he’s a dick about taking care of them for you

here’s how it usually goes: you summon him to save you from a creepy crawly. he’ll inspect it and go “really, you’re scared of that little thing? look at it closer, it’s just a bug”

and once he quits fooling around he just swipes it up. his fingers are solid steel which allows for Precise Bug Snatching

but he’ll act unsure and go “i think i got it. here, reader, look inside my hand and tell me if you see it”

or even the dreaded move where he pretends he’s bringing the bug closer to you so you have to see it

and THEN once he’s outside he’ll open his hands and go “wait i think i lost it” just to get a rise out of you until he confirms yes, it’s safe and out of the house

if you’re legitimately terrified then he doesn’t even bother with the jokes. just point out the bug and close your eyes, and he’ll be washing his hands while you stare back at a smudge on the wall before you can even get out a sentence

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🔗 Sonny Brisko: 8/10

somehow both a gentle soul and a complete menace

he's very matter-of-fact when you point them out. "it's just a little jumping spider, no big deal ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"

in fact he's almost adorable with how he quietly talks to the bugs and coaxes them to crawl on his hand so he can get them out of your way

and then he prods and begs you to take a picture of the bug bc it's a cool little guy

surprisingly knowledgeable and can identify bugs easily, so once he's got one in his hands he'll show it to you and tell you some facts about it

which is very sweet except for the fact that it's still a nasty bug and you want it out of your face!

he'll lightly tease you over being so scared of a little bug while he takes them outside. and if it's a pest-eater like a spider he'll hide it in a dark corner out of your sight

overall very kind to bugs and thinks they're friendly

which is why it throws you so hard that sometimes after he coos over them he just FUCKING SMASHES THEM IN HIS PALM?

NO HESITATION AT ALL??

WHAT IS HIS PROBLEM???

also when the bug is taken care of he'll sneak behind you and lightly tap his fingers up your arm like a creepy-crawly and then laugh when you get scared. what a shithead

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🔮 Uki Violeta: 15/10

the very essence of "i'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with ME"

it's like watching a cat hunt an unaware mouse. he's so quick about it

and he's so good at it too?? he'll find the bug, swat it, and throw the remains away in less than a minute on a good day

doesn't even act like it's a big deal either, he just goes back to what he was doing before you asked for help

he uses tissues or shoes on the big ones like roaches, but anything small, he's surprisingly good at crushing them with his bare hands. this is especially funny when he has acrylics on bc those nails never get dirty nor in the way

spiders get the relocation pass, and he'll insist they stay inside, just out of sight

non-zero chance if you complain about it, he'll go on a lecture about how spiders are how you prevent other pests from invading the house

honestly you only see this side of uki once. the bugs are too scared to show their faces after this stint

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✧. ┊ masterpost ✧. ┊ kofi

[crevicedwelling]

Your blog helped me get over my fear of bugs...it makes me sad thinking about their short lifespans...are there any bugs that live really long? I mean really long in bug standards. Or is that just the curse of being a little guy...

plenty of arthropods live a very long time. centipedes and some scorpions can live 10-15 years, and some female trapdoor spiders and tarantulas can live 20-30 years. the oldest spider recorded was a 43-year-old Australian trapdoor. some insects have very long juvenile lifespans, like the mayflies known for their short adult lifespans, or the famous 13 or 17-year Magicicada, while others like queen ants and termites can also live for quite a long time, generally outliving many generations of their own young. even some springtails and mites, animals less than a millimeter long, can have multi-year lifespans. it’s mainly insect species with lives deeply tied to seasons that live and die so quickly.

[ningauinerd]

Time to infodump about the animals I'm supposedly a nerd about.

All pictures in this post are N. yvonneae, the southern ningaui (Image credit: Owen Lishmund)

The ningauis (in the genus Ningaui, if you can believe it) are a group of tiny dasyurid marsupials native to the arid and semi-arid regions of Australia. Smaller than their close dunnart relatives (very close, as I will explain later), and with broader hindfeet, ningauis were first documented by western science relatively recently by Australian mammal standards. Although some specimens had been collected previously, being haphazardly assigned to planigales (another genus of miniscule dasyurids), it wasn't until 1975 that the genus Ningaui was erected and its first two species were described - N. ridei, the Wongai ningaui, and N. timealeyi, the Pilbara ningaui. A third species, the southern ningaui (N. yvonneae), was named in 1983.

Oh, and in case you were wondering where the name "ningaui" comes from, it refers to tiny beings from Aboriginal mythology that come out at night, are covered in hair, have notably short feet and eat their food raw. Most of these traits are also shared by these little marsupials, hence why palaeontologist Mike Archer (the original author of the genus) found it to be a fitting name for them!

(Image credit: glandarius)

Ningauis are small - really small, some of the smallest land mammals in fact. With the tiniest individuals being only 5 cm long, not including the tail, they are about the same length as Australia's smallest native mammal, the long-tailed planigale. However, ningauis are significantly chunkier and therefore usually weigh a couple more grams, meaning planigales win in regards to all-around tininess. The very largest ningauis still only reach about 8 cm in length and 14 grams in weight.

What they lack in size they make up for in ferocity however, as they follow the typical dasyurid trend of becoming increasingly savage the smaller they get. Tasmanian devils, despite their reputation, are actually quite relaxed when handled - on the other end of the spectrum, ningauis, which are around a thousand times smaller than a devil, will try to murder you, your family and everyone you hold dear if they find themselves captured. But, despite their best efforts to chew the fingers off of every field mammalogist in inland Australia, they aren't very strong.

remorseless beasts (Image credit: Tina Gillespie & Miss.chelle.13)

These ferocious predators feed on a variety of different prey items, the majority of which are small invertebrates - in the case of the Wongai ningaui, they prefer prey that is less than a centimetre long. However, they will also go after larger prey, having epic duels with grasshoppers, spiders, centipedes and even small skinks which they subdue with a crushing bite to the back of the head. Unlike their dunnart relatives, the shorter, broader feet of ningauis allows them to climb into shrubs and grass clumps.

All ningaui species are extremely similar to one another, so much so that the Wongai ningaui and southern ningaui are almost externally indistinguishable and the Pilbara ningaui can only be told apart by looking at its foot pads, teat number and skull. However, they can usually be distinguished by distribution. The Pilbara ningaui is the most range restricted, being endemic to the central and western Pilbara region of western Australia. The southern ningaui occurs in three disjunct populations across the southern semi-arid zone, whilst the Wongai ningaui is distributed widely across much of the interior. All species show a strong preference for environments dominated by spinifex grass (Triodia), which they use as shelter.

A ningaui takes shelter amongst the spinifex (Image credit: Euan Moore)

In regards to how they are related to other dasyurids, ningauis fall in the tribe Sminthopsini together with the kultarr (Antechinomys laniger, another species I really need to cover sometime) and many species of dunnart (Sminthopsis). However, recent phylogenetic studies have consistently recovered both Antechinomys and Ningaui as being within the Sminthopsis lineage, meaning that both ningauis and the kultarr are, in essence, just weird dunnarts. With Sminthopsis as we currently understand it being highly paraphyletic, a revision of the genus is needed.

[megangovier]

About me🫶🏻

• 23 years old from England

• I'm self employed dog groomer/pet sitter

• matcha latte's

• I love reading, horror movies, masked men, coffee, nature, horror games, scary videos & slashers🖤

• I'm a introvert when I want to be & extrovert when I have to be.

• I have a lot of animals

• foodie

• Fractured my wrist, when I was younger

•I have a few phobias

• I love accents (British, Australian, Southern, Irish)

• When I was younger, I was jealous of my sister

• I like dark chocolate, pistachio ice cream & beef jerky

• Got lost in a corn maze

• Never been in love

• Fallen off a tree

• Older men <3

• Human centipede, Midsomer, green inferno disturbed me

• Music lover <3

[starscatteredsky]

is it ok to ask for an inbox check?/nf

inbox check!

its pretty long right now, but we're doing our best! its a little overwhelming but we're to help the kin masses! /silly

-mono

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[typhlonectes]

These centipedes ‘see’ sunlight, even without eyes

Finding may reveal how other subterranean arthropods stay hidden

You wouldn’t want to step on a Chinese red-headed centipede. These venomous pencil-length arthropods scutter beneath the leaves of East Asian and Australian forests, their black, multisegmented bodies and bright red pincers hidden from view. They creep unseen in the darkness despite not being able to tell light from dark because they lack eyes entirely.

Now, researchers have figured out how these centipedes avoid the sunlight they can’t see. When the rays heat their antennae, they spark a heat-related response that alerts the leggy arthropods to seek shelter, researchers report today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The antennae are packed with muscles and covered in sensitive hairlike projections that help the bugs make sense of their surroundings, says Paul Marek, an entomologist at the  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University who studies eyeless millipedes and was not involved in the new study. “They use them like a blind person's cane to essentially feel around in the dark.”...

Read more: https://www.science.org/content/article/these-centipedes-see-sunlight-even-without-eyes

photograph by Yasunori Koide | Wikipedia CC

[drhoz]

#2015 - Scolopendra laeta - Striped Centipede

Photo by Patrick Wake.

Also known as the royal blue centipede or purple centipede depending which colour form you've got. Quite popular in capivity for that reason. A small Scolopendrid (<8cm) first described in 1887 by German entomologist Erich Haase, found over most of the mainland.

There are roughly 100 known species of Scolopendra, most of them tropical. At least three species are amphibious. They are well known for their potent venom, which can sending burning pain all the way up a limb and last for weeks. At least one human fatality is known from S. gigantea (30cm long) but the venom is usually applied to other invertebrates, frogs, tarantulas, lizards, birds, snakes, rodents, and even bats. The Scolopendra that catches bats does so by dangling into the opening of caves and snatching the bats as they fly past.

[pyrriax]

today has been a silly day. anyways. weird bug blast

i forgot i actually put info for that. a treat for you guys

[bristleconepines]

Scolopendrid Centipedes — The Australian Museum

[kradnie]

thanks @skeletonmaster69 for the tag, I'm not reblogging that centipede of a post tho

and I'm tagging @mymonstergirl @arsonistman and I forgot your url mate. the Australian one. sorry.

[lorbanery]

One of the most legendary teamups of our lifetime.

For anyone unfamiliar with one or both:

Left in the grey shirt is Tom Cardy, an Australian musician who makes truly excellent comedic music about things like

Telling off people who mistakenly assume you're an employee (including aliens)

A legendary cowboy with the fastest middle finger in the West

J.R.R. Tolkien summarizing Fellowship of the Ring where 95% of the lyrics are "walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk"

The horror of going on a blind date where everything's going perfect until you find out their favorite movie is Human Centipede (ft. Eurovision competitor and MBMBAM theme song writer/performer, Montagne)

Pluto, the planet, hyping you up

Right in the red sweater is Brian David Gilbert, formerly of Polygon (he used to do a video series called "Unraveled" where he would make silly lists about video games that required literal weeks, sometimes months, of research and prep by, for example, reading all the books in Skyrim, reading the original American Sonic brand bible, and reading the entire OSHA guidelines). He left Polygon a few years back to pursue his own projects which have included doing voice acting, appearing on a few Dropout shows, and making excellent comedic music about things like:

A boy band complaining about one of the members of the boy band

Selling his roommate's laptop to buy a hurdy-gurdy from a weird wizard(????) in the woods

Those ads for horny mobile games, from the perspective of the ad (is this one comedic????? it sure is a comedic setup but gd if it's not kind of tragic in a wholly mundane way and it might genuinely be my favorite song of his)

A bird that fights with its reflection in his bedroom window

A totally normal song about bird watching :)

I know that's a lot of links but genuinely the music is so fucking good, I had a hard time narrowing down the lists.

[crevicedwelling]

do you know of any places to see videos of centipedes? i really like them and am very enraptured by your centipedes but when i try to look for other centipede videos on youtube most the results aren't very good.

I don’t use YouTube much so most of the good quality and not fearmongering centipede videos I’ve seen I’ve taken myself! here is a yt channel from an Australian keeper who was an inspiration to me some years ago in the hobby

please nobody suggest C*yote P*terson… I do not want anyone getting invertebrate knowledge from that buffoon