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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Home centipedes are the same everywhere. What you encountered was something else

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scolopendra_alcyona

It's not the same. They are significantly bigger here and much more venomous.

The ones found in America are Scutigera coleoptrata.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, as I said it's a didferent specie