photo by alexis, naturally

[urbpan]

I'm very happy with my new shirt (even though I don't look very happy).

T-shirt from here.

Animal described here. (lots of alarmed and alarming comments to that post)

Comments

[deathling.livejournal.com]

Those things always SCARE THE PANTS OFF ME!!! Awesome!

[batwrangler.livejournal.com]

I love that shirt!

[audacian.livejournal.com]

D:

In college we lived in a 100+ year old house and those things were everywhere. We came home to one the size of a hand on the wall. A few days before a room mate tried to convince us he saw something crawling around with "thousands of legs!!" and we all laughed at him. He was right, I guess.

[cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com]

you might have them in your current house but never see them because the cats get 'em.

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

the first one of those i saw had me alarmed, google to the rescue. they DO move in a creepy way though even for good guys.

and awesome shirt. i lurve it.

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[ndozo.livejournal.com]

It looks great on you.

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

Are there any Scutigera in Australia?

I've never seen one.

[pasdeschiens.livejournal.com]

Yes. Scared the living pants off of me when I lived in a tiny shoebox flat in Adelaide a few years ago.

That flat was also home to some of the creepiest looking crickets I've ever seen. I admit, before I knew what they were (or had convinced myself of what they were), I'd catch them and freeze them to show other people. And most of them were freaked out, too.

But yes. House centipedes, in my house. When I lived in the Hills, we'd get the normal kind (longer, reddish, significantly fewer legs, much less creepy looking).

[drhoz.livejournal.com]

you bet. IDed one for work a few weeks back

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

three feet long, paralyzing bite?

[brush-rat.livejournal.com]

It's like the world is your own personal Monster Manual.

[drhoz.livejournal.com]

heehee

[soren-grey.livejournal.com]

Ohhh my god, yes, there needed to be a shirt with a house centipede on it. That's hilarious. Those things are utterly terrifying...

[aemiis-zoo.livejournal.com]

You look like Strider at the inn at Bree, hot.

[goremeister-666.livejournal.com]

that is a bad ass shirt. i have seen grown men shriek like little girls when they encounter those house centipedes. harmless but they are scary looking!

[calypso72]

That looks like a great idea for Hanukkah present #1 for my bug-lovin' daughter.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

I was so excited to find a bug tshirt in adult size! Kids get all the cool bug stuff.

[cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com]

i really liked the ant ones made by the same seller.

[hai-kah-uhk.livejournal.com]

OMG! For a moment, I thought someone stole my art. But I guess all white-on-black house centipedes look the same.

It is very cool, even if I have sales envy, since nobody has ever bought my shirt. But then I never marketed it.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

I had no idea you sold shirts! I probably would have bought one by now.

[hai-kah-uhk.livejournal.com]

The "selling" part of me selling tee shirts has yet to be realized. I keep meaning to increase my stock with a few more novel creatures before I advertise, but it's not a high priority these days with the baby and all. I have a Cape Cod NaNoWriMo shirt that sold a few copies, but my general interest shirts are still needing attention.

[anais2.livejournal.com]

I took one look at that shirt and grabbed a shoe. "Nuff said.

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I love Scutigera! I've only ever seen one live one though, in a public restroom wash basin. They don't seem to be around my house- we only get Scolopendra....

:Covets shirt:

[dinahprincedaly.livejournal.com]

tell the truth, when you wear that shirt you feel a little creepy-crawly

[klandaghicat.livejournal.com]

we've had babies, lately. Even at 1/3" I have a hard time not smushing them. Oh and if you step on one barefooted, they're gooey and the leggy bits will continue to twitch. While stuck to your foot.
I try to steal myself and not squish them. I try

[mellawyrden.livejournal.com]

I love that shirt, I MUST have one!! you look great in it too!

House Centipede Almost Catastrophe

[(Anonymous)]

My first encounter with one of these guys was quite comical. I hear my boyfriend screaming his head off for me in the other room so I rushed in to find a strange insect on the ceiling. I just grabbed an empty coffee can and climbed onto the nearest chair so I could catch it and take it outside. My boyfriend was holding the chair...which happened to roll, so when I slipped a little and the little guy almost fell, he almost knocked the chair over trying to run out of the room...Needless to say he still gets the silent treatment over that one to this day.