OT: any etymologists out there?

[Seneca Cunningham]

On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 08:00:57PM -0400, Aaron Vegh wrote:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronvegh/718854436/
> 
> This is a baby. While the one pictured here has a body approximately
> 1.5 inches long, I've seen them as large as 3-4 inches (not including
> the -- many, many! -- legs).
> 
> Does anyone know what this is? Or falling short of that, know of a
> resource that might help me identify it?

My guess is:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_centipede
  http://entomology.uark.edu/museum/house_centipede.html

> The next step would be to find a means of targeting them with some
> kind of insidious counter-measure; they're the nastiest things I've
> ever seen (outside that horrid scene from King Kong). Freaky-fast,
> too.

Why?  Would you rather its prey get out of control?

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