If you have been following my blog, you will no doubt have read my entry on
24th March, and my antics with a live a centipede I found in the kitchen sink
early that morning. I managed to catch this unwelcome guest alive despite it putting up quite
a fight as it struggled frantically to
escape being incarcerated in a Tupperware box. I don't think Tupperware intended their boxes to be used for this purpose, but at the time it was all I could grab quickly. As I previously explained, a
friend of my daughter is studying entomology and her homework
was to find 30 different specimens of bugs and insects. Seeing this marvellous specimen
of a centipede, brightly coloured with orange/red and black markings I was
determined to catch it for her. Giving all the bugs I had found in the
garden in different containers to this young lady, I proudly pointed to my
interesting centipede measuring an impressive 6 inches long with pincer type
horns. She was horrified to see what I had caught with great
difficulty, not realising that this little critter actually was very dangerous.
I now know that this particular centipede is in fact poisonous, very fast and I
had been extremely lucky it had not bitten me. I was fortunate this
story didn't end up with a visit to the local hospital. So a word of advice for
anyone who should happen to find a brightly coloured centipede …. leave well
alone! Next time I hear of some homework project that entails capturing insects
or bugs, I'll curb my enthusiasm!
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