OT: any etymologists out there?

phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org
Sun Jul 8 01:11:53 UTC 2007


For future reference, the folks at the ROM will identify unknown bugs.
(The non-computer kind.)
P.

> That's it! Thanks a lot! :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Aaron.
>
> P.S. Would I prefer to have more of its prey? Right now, for sure.
>
> On 7/7/07, Seneca Cunningham <tentra-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> 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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