08-05-2014, 04:55 AM
Good one, Cat. [
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When we moved here, and went to paint, all the cover plates came off for prep and centipedes common in the outlets.
My understanding with the pairs thing is they do mate and act as a "couple" while the nest is active. Once all is hatched they go back to single mode. When they travel, they put down some sort of pheremone or something along their trail, maybe to follow it back. Anyhow, the mate seems to follow that scent trail and there are way too many stories of the second one showing up the next night for it to be imagined. I've seen it too.
If one comes in and you get it, keep an eye out for the other pede to drop in.
The little blue ones are just juvenile forms. They turn reddish brown as they grow. But there is an orange and blue adult form. I don't know about its bite.
The juveniles have bad bites because they can't regulate their dosage yet, similar to young snakes. They inject more venom than an adult. But the adults are faster, scarier, and much harder to kill.
]When we moved here, and went to paint, all the cover plates came off for prep and centipedes common in the outlets.
My understanding with the pairs thing is they do mate and act as a "couple" while the nest is active. Once all is hatched they go back to single mode. When they travel, they put down some sort of pheremone or something along their trail, maybe to follow it back. Anyhow, the mate seems to follow that scent trail and there are way too many stories of the second one showing up the next night for it to be imagined. I've seen it too.
If one comes in and you get it, keep an eye out for the other pede to drop in.
The little blue ones are just juvenile forms. They turn reddish brown as they grow. But there is an orange and blue adult form. I don't know about its bite.
The juveniles have bad bites because they can't regulate their dosage yet, similar to young snakes. They inject more venom than an adult. But the adults are faster, scarier, and much harder to kill.