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[-] yesman@lemmy.world 196 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe if they could wear a suit and say thank you once in a while.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 54 points 3 weeks ago

Seriously, they have the arms but they don't have the cards.

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 weeks ago

And they horde their rich minerals all to themselves, when they could just ask us to look after it for them. Maybe.

[-] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If they just smiled more they'd be so pretty!

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[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 148 points 3 weeks ago

These little dudes can move 1.3 feet per second which is absolutely insane

[-] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 83 points 3 weeks ago

Gonna take a long time to move all their feet

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 11 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah the trick is you gotta decide which order you’re going with first

[-] lena@gregtech.eu 26 points 3 weeks ago

Conversion from freedom units 🦅🇺🇲🦅🇺🇲🦅 to metric 🌍🌏 please

[-] philthi@lemmy.world 31 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

396mm/s.

Which is like 396/1000 of a meter!

[-] CluckN@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago
[-] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Wait what? $5 footlongs are only like 6.5 inches long? Not that there's anything wrong with that length. It's above average really.

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[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 6 points 3 weeks ago

40cm/s or 1.4km/h

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[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 54 points 3 weeks ago

I said this the last time this was posted and I'm saying it again

"THEN MAYBE DON'T MOVE SO FUCKING FAST IT ACTIVATES MY FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE!!!"

[-] kieron115@startrek.website 16 points 3 weeks ago

one of these creepy bastards got inside of my soap dispenser brush thing for doing the dishes. just threw the entire brush away D=

[-] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 14 points 3 weeks ago

Sometimes I try to imagine a giant version running around in a proportionally fast speed. That really activates my fight or flight response

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Size of a bus, thundering down the freeway at 450 miles an hour

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[-] ulterno@programming.dev 11 points 3 weeks ago

If they weren't fast enough, how would they catch the cockroaches?

[-] Gerudo@lemm.ee 53 points 3 weeks ago

I don't have a phobia of bugs, but centipedes really do make my skin crawl.

[-] tacobellhop@midwest.social 31 points 3 weeks ago

I think this is deep in the dna of all mammals from like 100 million years ago

[-] nomy@lemmy.zip 25 points 3 weeks ago

I have a strong dislike of centipedes as well. One time years ago I had a terrible dream that a large centipede (one of those big jungle ones) was crawling all over my body. As it raced down my arm I slapped at it, with a jolt of pain my arm went instantly numb as it bit me.

I startled myself awake to realize I was laying on my arm and it had gone completely asleep and was numb. Still one of the scariest dreams I've ever had haha.

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[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Centipedes are scary because they have so many legs and they scurry very fast with incredible agility. In general I think we feel a revulsion to small critters with that kind of speed and agility. But if they’re too small (fly sized or smaller) then it’s more annoyance than revulsion.

The many legs thing is a real mystery though! I think it might be some kind of proxy for venomous critters, as spiders and centipedes have more legs than insects and also tend to be more venomous (apart from some Hymenopterans).

[-] monotremata@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 weeks ago

I dunno, silverfish are smaller than flies, but they still give me that revulsion response.

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[-] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago

In a related story: I met with my new housecleaning service a few days ago and told them I had one very special request: DO NOT DISTURB THE SPIDERS IN OUR BEDROOM!! They are my mosquito-munching pets; just mop the floor under them.

[-] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

I love house spiders

[-] Bonus@lemm.ee 24 points 3 weeks ago

I miss r/WhatsThisBug

:(

Also, being able to post images, etc. (guess I am starting to be able to on instances I have joined (just got here in recent weeks))

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutigera_coleoptrata

[-] fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 weeks ago

Be the change you want to see! Or post on !entomology@mander.xyz ;)

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[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 weeks ago

Why wouldnt posting images work?

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[-] Limitless_screaming@kbin.earth 22 points 3 weeks ago

I honestly wouldn't care if it stayed at one or two of them, but I know if I leave these things and treat them as pets I will get an infestation in no time.

And with each new one the chances of me feeling one of them walk on my arm increases, and I am not letting that happen.

[-] socsa@piefed.social 7 points 3 weeks ago

They are also territorial and won't actually eliminate a roach infestation because they will kill each other long before they reach sufficient density to make a difference.

[-] Limitless_screaming@kbin.earth 6 points 3 weeks ago

Meh, don't need them to end an infestation. Just killing the few roaches that might exist somewhere around is enough to pay their rent.

If I find one close to my face on the other hand, the place it considered territory would be wiped off the map. It would become an endangered species.

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago

They are fascinating little creatures. They have a bunch of stripes on them, even across their legs. They eat dangerous house pests. They are venomous, but their "bites" are less irritating than a mosquito bite. They also don't technically bite, they envenomate using two modified legs.

[-] muhyb@programming.dev 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I got stung by one of these once when I was staying at my high-school dormitory which was in the woods and away from city. Apparently it crawled into my slippers while I was sleeping so I had not idea this was going to happen. I wore my slippers and felt a certain pain afterwards. I still remember the hole it put into my foot.

It was not a house centipede but a regular wild one though.

[-] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 weeks ago

my slovenly ass picked up my dirty t-shirt off the floor in Hawaii and some 30-cm monster came flying out and disappeared underneath the china cabinet, not sure why there was a china cabinet. took me awhile and some soothing from my unflappable lover to decide if I should be really freaking out.

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[-] cute_noker@feddit.dk 17 points 3 weeks ago

That bug has a voice when I read it in my head, and it is creepy as hell

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[-] dditty@lemm.ee 15 points 3 weeks ago

I will catch and release spiders outside but centipedes all get the boot. They are just too fast

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[-] 2910000@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

They should care! It could be a source of selection pressure

[-] aeshna_cyanea@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks ago

yeah would be willing to believe people are more tolerant of e.g. jumping spiders than other kinds

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[-] bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 3 weeks ago

What Kind of animal is this?

[-] alt_xa_23@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago
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[-] needanke@feddit.org 11 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, Roaches

[-] Akuji@leminal.space 7 points 3 weeks ago

Nope!
Ackshually, it stings, its forcipules aren't a part of its mouth 🤓
But when it comes to humans, it's in reaction to a threat (someone mentioned being stung by one that hid inside their slippers: put yourself in the numerous shoes of a centipede, cornered by a giant fleshy thing invading the cozy place you just found...)
It would rather flee otherwise.

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[-] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

My basement spiders get them. I love my basement spiders.

[-] Zidane@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

These mother fuckers would sometimes drop on me and my father. Creepy fast little fuckers man

[-] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago

Every time i see one I have the intense urge to vomit.

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