new pet Lithobius forficatus

This is some other weird thing I found in FL, I think. Falls under the don't handle category.

And Rich found this. No way!!!

Helgramites have a nasty bite too. Nancy that might be a pill millipede (pillipede).

Originally Posted by codymi

Helgramites have a nasty bite too. Nancy that might be a pill millipede (pillipede).

You mean a pill bug/sow bug/rolly polly?? It's like 100 times that size. But it _does_ look more like a millipede than a centipede. It's like 1.5" long, .25" wide.

Originally Posted by Nanci

This is what the Florida centipedes look like.

thats not fair i am jealous! give me that pede !

the millipede you have is Narceus americanus. largest aerican millipede

we have them here too,but they are so hard to find! wish they were more common

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...4601900%29.jpg

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LOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why did I click that Florida centipede pic!!?? Never going to Florida again. The millipede pill bug thing is kinda cool though, I love rolly pollies

id be terrified of that roly poly

Originally Posted by Zombiegirl

No thank you!!! 4 legs or none lol...

I could accept two legs, but I am with you, no more than 4!

Originally Posted by dreamwallaby

Why did I click that Florida centipede pic!!?? Never going to Florida again. The millipede pill bug thing is kinda cool though, I love rolly pollies

Gaaaaaaaaaa!!! I am with you, my armhair is standing straight up now! Now I can get my sister's absolute refusal to even come to my house because of my corns.

Rolly-pollies! I miss them, I haven't seen one in over 10 years and haven't thought of them until now. And "tatterpillers". I loved catching them at our farm, the orange and black fuzzy ones.