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Possible Scutigera coleoptrata?
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27-10-2019 12:29am#1Living in the SW part of Germany it’s not unsusual to find new species every year. A praying mantis or bee eaters are nothing special. But a few nights ago i found an interesting new insect on my porch.
It was quite fast and went down the outer wall to the basement. This night i was lucky and got two cell phone photos. So what is it? What i found at Wiki or something else?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutigera_coleoptrata
The body was easily 7-8 cm big. So twice the size of Scutigera coleoptrata which would be my guess. *scratches head*1
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Scutigera can grow huge (relatively speaking). And yes, that's one of them. If you disturb them, they easily drop their legs off, but if they die (e.g. if they drown) the legs don't fall off. IIRC, they also eat mosquitoes.
They give me the creeps, the way they scuttle away. They're very fast, too!
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Thanks @New Home. They are creepy;)
Hopefully i find my CF card to get a few good shots with my real camera. Fascinating hunters and i hope successful. Can’t stand mosquitoes.
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