I was just about to send this when I noticed that a message came in from
"Speodesmus". I am sending this first before opening that one because
anyone or anything using "Speodesmus" in their email address will be
able to answer your question better than me.
In answer to your query, not that I know of. Possibly if you are a small
critter they want to hold onto to eat.
If it's a defensive strike against a caver human or some other monster,
they want to get back under cover ASAP using their hundred pairs of
little legs.
But I'm not an entomologist, although I play one on this list. (That's a
joke based on a TV commercial that is older than you are.)
TSA/Texascavers is fortunate to have some highly qualified biologists in
a variety of specialties. Perhaps they will respond if they subscribe.
Otherwise just go online with your question. Or conduct your own
personal field experiment and write an article about it for the next
Texas Caver. :-P
Lowgun (aka Metagonia)
On 1/31/2019 6:35 PM, Dessie Pierce wrote:
I was told that they attach to your skin and have to be cut off. Does
that have any truth?
Dessie
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On Jan 31, 2019, at 11:43 AM, Logan <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
You definitely do not want to be bitten by this critter! The pain is
excruciating. A friend of mine was bitten on the foot while working
in her garden up near Temple. She put ice on it but her foot kept
hurting and swelling, which she documented with photos over the next
hour. She finally had to call a neighbor to take her to the hospital.
I was digging out a karst feature full of dirt and leaves, foolishly
not wearing gloves, when I pulled out one of them fortunately
cushioned in a bundle of leaves, so no bite. Use thick gloves!
Centipedes go berserk when they are exposed because they have
claustrophillia--fear of open spaces--the opposite of claustrophobia.
Here's one website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scolopendra_heros
Logan
On 1/31/2019 10:15 AM, Fritz Holt wrote:
David’s comments raises a question I have. I have been wading Hill
Country rivers (Frio, Nueces and Sabinal)and exploring their rocky
cliffs and caves for 65 years. I have had encounters with rattlers,
water snakes, various lizards and centipedes. I love them all but am
especially fascinated with the large centipedes. The largest ones I
have seen were between four and five inches long. I seem to remember
their coloration was black and various shades of red, yellow and
orange. I may have picked up one or two without gloves but was never
bitten or stung. I assume they can inflict pain but guess I was
lucky (as always) and would like some feedback on this. Are they
harmful?
Fritz Holt
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On Jan 30, 2019, at 1:54 PM, David <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
People, including cavers, often associate cave animals with bats.
I think we often neglect the other critters. For example, name
a cave
that is devoted to the preservation of Red-headed Centipede.
Or any other cave-dwelling centipede.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Scolopendra_heros.jpg
I saw a 6 inch long centipede in Brehmer Cave near New Braunfels,
around
1996. I remember the color patter was maroon and black, but
can't remember which color was the
dominating color - Maybe black with some maroon parts ?
I can only imagine cavers with lots of experience have seen
hundreds of these.
Of course, you probably would not want to crawl around in a cave
with 100's of venomous
centipedes. Would you ?
On a related note, I have not seen a horned-toad in the wild in
over 30 years.
And on a totally different note,
Last night, I was driving around 2 a.m. in the morning from Houston
to Gatesville ( northwest of Temple )
via the small towns around Milano, and I saw
stars for the first time in almost a year. I did not have time
to even get out of the car and look at
the stars. There was still too much light on the horizon and
from traffic to really get a good look at them.
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