Centipede Eats Mouse!

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[quote]carter12 wrote:
Magarhe wrote:
All insects are limited in size by the oxygen content of the atmostphere. In dinosaur times, there was more oxygen and insects were much bigger. (possibly, this also accounts for the big frikkin’ dinosaurs too - otherwise today we’d have mammals just as big).

In places with richer oxygen etc… you can get some big insects.

So you’re saying we should breathe pure oxygen to have bigger muskulls? =)

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Where did you acquire this information? This is the first time i’ve ever heard of oxygen affecting insect size, or why dinosaurs where gigantic.

Ecosystems can only support so much of a single species. Thats why larger species exist fewer in number. Like comparing humans to insects.

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[quote]baretta wrote:

When bees sting they die. [/quote]

Honey bees. Bumble bees can sting multiple times. And they hurt like a mutha.

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[quote]baretta wrote:
BIGRAGOO wrote:
PGA200X wrote:
Its funny how you swat at a bee and it gets pissed and comes dive bombing at you even of you run away. Its so funny watching grown men looking like the ultimate sissys when they’re afraid of bees.

Hey, bees sting and wasps can sting multiple times. It’s ok to run from those when you piss them off.

When bees sting they die. Hornets can sting mutliple times. They are one mean spirited insect. I swear they enjoy terrorizing other animals knowing they are the money and nothing will fuck with them.
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Money nuthin’. Ever since one of the little fucks stung me on the side of the head in 8th grade I’ve made it my personal mission to kill all I see. My brother and I used to do it all the time. One man provides cover with the Super-Soaker or garden hose, while the other goes in for a precision strike on the enemy base with a basketball, dirt-clod, or Tactical Hydro-Bomb. We also swatted them out of the sky with badminto paddles(finally, a worthwhile use for them), or ping-pong paddles.
Neither one of us has been stung since.

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[quote]BIGRAGOO wrote:
These are starting to be seen. They will be around till late summer.[/quote]

There was one of these in a doorway we never used. I used to throw crickets into its web and watch it get 'em. I always thought they were neat.

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[quote]Kratos wrote:
BIGRAGOO wrote:
These are starting to be seen. They will be around till late summer.

There was one of these in a doorway we never used. I used to throw crickets into its web and watch it get 'em. I always thought they were neat.[/quote]

Haha, I do the same thing. They wrap the crickets up fast, don’t they?

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[quote]BIGRAGOO wrote:
Kratos wrote:
BIGRAGOO wrote:
These are starting to be seen. They will be around till late summer.

There was one of these in a doorway we never used. I used to throw crickets into its web and watch it get 'em. I always thought they were neat.

Haha, I do the same thing. They wrap the crickets up fast, don’t they?[/quote]

In my younger days, I would catch spiders and keep them in a box. I would feed them ants and flies, but mostly other spiders since flies are hard to catch and ants don’t seem to be very desireable prey. Watching two spiders duke it out is pretty interesting. I’m sure I violated some animal cruelty laws somewhere.

The most interesting fights happened between hunting spiders. Oftentimes, the spiders would stalk each other for minutes before pouncing, and they pounce fast. Fights between hunting spiders were just writhing masses of claws and legs. The funny thing is that the small ones won about as often as the big ones.

Web spinners owned all, though. Once one got a web up and running, it was all over for any other arthropods not of the same species. Others would avoid the webs for a while, maybe, but is was only a matter of time until it got tangled in the web and the web spinner came to finish it off.

Fights between web spinners of the same species were interesting. I was only able to get one type, which was the common house spider. When they fought, they would grapple with each other in an attempt to rip off their opponent’s legs. I remember one winner had only three legs left.

Back to centipedes: I was in Taiwan once watching a trail of ants when a millipede crawled by, moving against the flow of ants. About a minute later, the ants were carrying back a dead millipede. Pretty chilling.

I love bugs, if you couldn’t tell.

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HEll yeah, Big, spiders are fast as Hell. As far as insects go, I think ants rule all. I’ve net to see the insect that can stand up to that horde. Especially army ants. THose little bastards are ruthless.

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[quote]BIGRAGOO wrote:

It’s called entomology. You’ve heard of it right: :wink: Honestly, if it weren’t for people like us to observe and report the findings of such wierd organisms, then there would be nothing but unbased fear and eradication of these necessary creatures. Yes, some are “gross”, but fascinating all the same.[/quote]

Ento what? Sorry, I’m just a lowly Kinesiology grad;-)

Yeah yeah, we need weirdos like you who enjoy studying bugs, I get it.

I do my part too, I study how long they can survive in an apartment inhabited by a 270 pound man hell bent on their destruction…

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[quote]Kratos wrote:
HEll yeah, Big, spiders are fast as Hell. As far as insects go, I think ants rule all. I’ve net to see the insect that can stand up to that horde. Especially army ants. THose little bastards are ruthless.[/quote]

Shit, fire ants are as bad as army ants. Those suckers will swarm prey and dismantle it in minutes. Plus they nest in any type of soil and their sting is really painful. My yard is full of fire ant mounds right now.

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[quote]Bauer97 wrote:
BIGRAGOO wrote:

It’s called entomology. You’ve heard of it right: :wink: Honestly, if it weren’t for people like us to observe and report the findings of such wierd organisms, then there would be nothing but unbased fear and eradication of these necessary creatures. Yes, some are “gross”, but fascinating all the same.

Ento what? Sorry, I’m just a lowly Kinesiology grad;-)

Yeah yeah, we need weirdos like you who enjoy studying bugs, I get it.

I do my part too, I study how long they can survive in an apartment inhabited by a 270 pound man hell bent on their destruction…[/quote]

Look at it this way, for every spider you see in your house, there are dozens other insects that have died and been eaten by that spider. Small spiders will help control flies and other small pests, while the larger ones will feast on roaches and beetles. So be a man the next time you have a spider in the house, and sweep it into a broom pan and toss it outside.

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[quote]BIGRAGOO wrote:

Look at it this way, for every spider you see in your house, there are dozens other insects that have died and been eaten by that spider. Small spiders will help control flies and other small pests, while the larger ones will feast on roaches and beetles. So be a man the next time you have a spider in the house, and sweep it into a broom pan and toss it outside. [/quote]

Okay okay, geez, easy with the spider love-fest Big…

Just for you, the next spider I see I’ll try to gently place it outside. If that thing tries to attack me though, it is soooooo over…

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[quote]Bauer97 wrote:
BIGRAGOO wrote:

Look at it this way, for every spider you see in your house, there are dozens other insects that have died and been eaten by that spider. Small spiders will help control flies and other small pests, while the larger ones will feast on roaches and beetles. So be a man the next time you have a spider in the house, and sweep it into a broom pan and toss it outside.

Okay okay, geez, easy with the spider love-fest Big…

Just for you, the next spider I see I’ll try to gently place it outside. If that thing tries to attack me though, it is soooooo over…[/quote]

Haha, you need to get a video of these attacking spiders, lol. I mean, a big brawny dude like you should be ashamed that something that weighs less than a gram can raise your hair. Ok, if it’s a widow crawling on your face, I can understand.

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[quote]BIGRAGOO wrote:

Haha, you need to get a video of these attacking spiders, lol. I mean, a big brawny dude like you should be ashamed that something that weighs less than a gram can raise your hair. Ok, if it’s a widow crawling on your face, I can understand.[/quote]

Funny you should mention that. I think a big part of my fear started when I was moving a log pile when I was about 10, and happened upon a black widow.

It’s the fact that something less than a gram could kill me that freaks me out. That, and why the hell do they find the need to come into my apartment? Just stay the hell outside and I won’t bother them.

This goes for all crawling monsters, not just spiders. I’d much prefer spiders to millipedes and centipedes.

Do you know any spiders that kill millipedes Big? Because I’d gladly welcome them into my apartment…

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[quote]Bauer97 wrote:
BIGRAGOO wrote:

Haha, you need to get a video of these attacking spiders, lol. I mean, a big brawny dude like you should be ashamed that something that weighs less than a gram can raise your hair. Ok, if it’s a widow crawling on your face, I can understand.

Funny you should mention that. I think a big part of my fear started when I was moving a log pile when I was about 10, and happened upon a black widow.

It’s the fact that something less than a gram could kill me that freaks me out. That, and why the hell do they find the need to come into my apartment? Just stay the hell outside and I won’t bother them.

This goes for all crawling monsters, not just spiders. I’d much prefer spiders to millipedes and centipedes.

Do you know any spiders that kill millipedes Big? Because I’d gladly welcome them into my apartment…[/quote]

Yeah, bigger wolf spiders, jumping spiders, and even house spiders will eat centipedes. However, centipedes are hunters too, so they are known to eat spiders. At least you have predators around. Better than having fleas or other blood sucking insects.

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[quote]BIGRAGOO wrote:
These too: Calico nephila[/quote]

These are cool spiders. Here’s a side-view.

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Dragon fly done stepped to the wrong side of town…

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[quote]Bauer97 wrote:
Funny you should mention that. I think a big part of my fear started when I was moving a log pile when I was about 10, and happened upon a black widow.[/quote]

Twice I’ve found black widows under the water supply shut-off valve cap in my front yard. Both times I was wise enough to pull the cap off by its edges, instead of by the finger-sized holes in it that I suppose are designed for that purpose. “Don’t stick your finger in a hole if you don’t know what’s in there” is a good rule to live by. My brother had another good one, “I don’t touch any bug if I don’t know what it is. It might have a stinger, or a fang, or something”.

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[quote]BIGRAGOO wrote:
Yeah, bigger wolf spiders, jumping spiders, and even house spiders will eat centipedes. However, centipedes are hunters too, so they are known to eat spiders. At least you have predators around. Better than having fleas or other blood sucking insects.[/quote]

People around here often say, “Don’t chase those lizards out of your house. They eat the bugs”. I say, “Yeah, but they crap on the furniture”.

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I’m often known to say: “Damn, it’s nice to live in Canada, where freaky shit doesn’t nest in your house!”

Btw, this thread kicks ass.

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[quote]larryb wrote:
BIGRAGOO wrote:
Yeah, bigger wolf spiders, jumping spiders, and even house spiders will eat centipedes. However, centipedes are hunters too, so they are known to eat spiders. At least you have predators around. Better than having fleas or other blood sucking insects.

People around here often say, “Don’t chase those lizards out of your house. They eat the bugs”. I say, “Yeah, but they crap on the furniture”.[/quote]

Hahaha, yea the anole lizard is quite at home in the south. There are a couple of adult males that can be seen fighting one another for the sunny back corner of my house. And yes, they shit whatever they crawl on. But, they do eat the hell out of mosquitoes and other flying pests.