Texas Giant Centipede
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Texas giant centipede is the common name for it, and it is pretty big. We saw this one in the parking garage at work as we were returning from lunch yesterday. It was moving quickly, so my camera work is not so great.
There is some interesting info from the Dallas Zoo about the sting from being bitten. It's not very dangerous to humans.
posted by John Paul @ 9:32 AM
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2 Comments:
Thats why they DONT MESS WITH TEXAS
Thank you for the great photos. I also live in Austin, Texas and a Giant Red and Black centipede somehow found it's way in my bed sheets tonight and bit me. It stings like crazy. I was glad to be able to find your photo on the internet so I now know what bit me.
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