Our family gets bigger!
This cute little guy is a Cormocephalus hartmeyeri (centipede) and will be staying with us for a little while. We found him just wandering along a path while we were up at Gingin. He’s about 15cm (7 inches) long and has a delightful poisonous bite, so he doesn’t get many cuddles. He’s visiting the kids’ schools, which their teachers are not too thrilled about. The fearless Mom performed the species identification which involved a lot of close inspection.
So far we’ve discovered that he loves to eat chicken and slaters (pill bugs). We’ve nicknamed him, “Mr Bitey”.
We found this cute little guy wandering along the path while we were out this weekend. He's staying with us at home for a little while.
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August 19th, 2009 at 10:12 am
I keep telling L that he’s venomous, not poisonous. Though I’m not going to eat him to find out. And how pathetic is it that I can’t stand that sort of inaccuracy on a family blog?
August 19th, 2009 at 10:23 am
I can’t believe I did that… again! Although I did describe the bite as poisonous, not the centipede itself (splitting hairs, I know).
After a desperate search to perhaps redeem myself, it looks like they aren’t poisonous, in Oregon:
Snacktime in Oregon
August 19th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Well….I suppose if you cut off his head so that you don’t eat the venom glands or fangs, it would be just fine. In fact, can we cut off his head tonight? I’d sleep much better.
March 15th, 2011 at 11:16 am
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