Life and death in the critter room

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

i LOVE assassin bugs... but for the longest time.. nobody thought i was serious when i talked to them about how cool they are. I would say assassin bug, and thy would look at me and start laughing. Well, one day, me and eddie are in his room and I looked up and i saw something moving on the light... got up expecting a spider and instead it was one of these!! They have surprisingly good eyesight, everytime i would reach for him he would duck behind the glass again! I ran out of eddies room all excited yelling at his family GUYS THERES AN ASSASIN BUG IN EDDIES ROOM I TOLD YOU THEY WERE REAL COME LOOK AT HIM HE CAN SEE YOU!!!! And yet they still all looked at me like i was... well nuts!! Even eddie was like shannon, you are on drugs... you make him sound like a ninja bug or something...

[Loren]

I like centipedes. I have 2 that I have had for at least a year, maybe 2 (I dont know if I recorded catching them). They are about 5 inches long. I keep them in separate critter carriers, on bark, give them a cricket maybe every 5-7 days, and mist the side of the cages every couple days- they like to drink the droplets off the side.
I tried to keep 2 of them together once- ended up with one really fat centipede.
I guess I'll have to try posting a pic of them sometime too. Dont think I have any yet.

[Snaky]

Cool pictures!

[anji1971]

Never even occurred to me to 'keep' a centipede...............hmmmm, new ideas spring from this forum every day!
I find zillions every time I dig around the garden. I'm sure it would go over SO well with the hubby, too!

Those Assassin bugs look pretty cool too. I don't think I've ever seen one though.

[ssssnakeluvr]

I prefer the centipedes over the assassin bug..... they cover themselves with dirt for camouflage...

[Loren]

quote-"Never even occurred to me to 'keep' a centipede...............hmmmm, new ideas spring from this forum every day! "


I think they are cool- just be aware that you are best not to use your hands- they can hurt you.

[anji1971]

[quote=Loren;56101
I think they are cool- just be aware that you are best not to use your hands- they can hurt you.[/quote]

Don't worry, I don't think I'd want to actually touch one. They look cool, but scary at the same time!!

[ssssnakeluvr]

while out herping today I caught myself a 3" centipede...brought him home...will post pics...little assassin bug wouldn't stand a chance with this one!!!! also got a little scorpion. Only found a gopher snake that had just had lunch...will post pics tomorrow.

[Lori P]

I am curious about centipedes now myself. How can they hurt you? What do you feed them?? I'm not going to get one, just looking to learn now!

And Don, can't wait to see pics!!!

[bulrush]

You have a "Masked assassin bug". The exo of the adults is sticky so any dust sticks to them. I've seen a few by my house. They don't get real big. 1/8 inch is the largest I've seen.

Go to www.bugguide.net for more info and search for "Masked assassin bug".