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[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Those bites are rare and barely noticeable

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months 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.

[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yes, as I said it's a didferent specie