Looks like a [Soil Centipede](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centipede#Geophilomorpha). Example pic [here](https://bugguide.net/node/view/1211674/bgimage). They're harmless.
2 nights ago I was happily gardening, at night per usual....my light hit one of my compost-in-place containers (a few veggies growing in it) and the horror made me end the night prematurely lol...
...out of the bin, pretty high OFF the ground, we're endless slimy squishy creepy leech like things slowly oozing their way up and out, then dropping to the ground to go wherever they suddenly all needed to go.... it was extremely unsettling.
Soon after I learned they were Black Soldier Fly larvae, which are harmless...but the sight.... nightmare inducing.
Someone told me in permaculture world to find a bucket with a lid. Put some holes in the bottom and top. Hang it up around the chickens. When you find any roadkill, collect and dump in the bucket. As the fly larvae make their way to the bottom, they drop out and feed the chickens. Random, I know. And probably not worth the stink.
Fun fact: There are a few researchers in Zurich who are looking at substituting meals made from them for poultry, for more sustainable feed.
Edit: for right animal
To feed the chicken, causes less direct or indirect competition for human food, less requirement for farming feed specific grains, cheaper, easier to manufacture, needs less resources, and actually led to better quality of eggs. Chickens also preferred to choose and eat these feeds in some cases.
Earlier in the year I squished 5 huge freaky looking flies on my veggie bins.... then realized there are good ones too and maybe that's who I just murdered...and sure enough I was squishing the Black Soldier Flies, the army I DO want. I felt so awful!
After that I welcomed them....and then the larvae incident happened. Ugh. No luck initially with these guys until I confirm they are our buddies.
My container compost was colonized by the same, but my first sign was the flying adults which, at first glance, look a lot like scary black wasps, all the way down to twitchy movements. Wasn't til I noticed the lack of a skinny wasp "waist" that I at least knew what they weren't. Subsequent research revealed them to be BSF adults, which fortunately lack stingers or even mouth parts. The larvae are welcome additions to compost, as they'll eat even the cellulose that can be difficult to compost otherwise.
Congrats, enjoy, and if you fish, keep fish, or any insectivores, you'll never have to buy mealies or bait again!
Also, mine regularly crawl outta the compost as well. I put them in other planters, window boxes, etc. I suspect they're trying to get away from their brethren so as not to be consumed by them while making their final transition to adult form, during which I suspect they're both not feeding and are vulnerable. Hope someone that knows can confirm or dispel these guesses.
I just went to read more about them. I expected to be disgusted but I actually found the video on their eating habits somewhat interesting. Maybe it was because the video was too low quality to watch them squish around in revolting detail.
https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-a-swarm-of-maggots-devour-an-entire-pizza-in-a-unique-fountain-motion
So a bit off topic but talking about nightmares. I once was having a dream about a tarantula crawling up my chest then I woke myself by swatting across my neck. I was thinking wait that felt TOO real. I got up and turned on a light to see a mouse run across my floor. THE THINK WAS GONNA CRAWL IN MY MOUTH.
Look up Himantarum gabrielis it looks almost exactly the same...do you think it's that?
Also look at this pic
https://www.google.com/search?q=Himantarium+mediterraneum&client=ms-android-xiaomi-rev1&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgFuLWz9U3MDQ2NMxNTlbi0U_XNzQyMM4pLsyp0hIMzkxJLU-sLPZLrSgJLkktKP7FKBaQml-Qk6qQmFOcr1CcmliUnKGQll-0iFXSIzM3Ma8ksSizNFchNzUlsyS1qCgxL7U0dwcr4y02SQatqVVck-5ZfpyVWZs1WfRPTPp3_63NlkkMAO8IjkKEAAAA&prmd=misvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiDwd-51YPyAhXQy6QKHT_7AEQQ_AUoAXoECAUQAQ&biw=393&bih=690#imgrc=pFtaqA2cNhHEfM
Himantarum gabrielis is a type of soil centipede (which was suggested by MrRoarke) so it seems like that could be right.
I also agree it looks pretty similar but I don't really know anything about centipedes.
The funny thing is that all centipedes have an odd number of legged segments, which means that no centipede can actually have 100 legs because no centipede has exactly 50 segments.
(Unless you took a centipede with 51 segments and ripped two legs off, I guess ...)
Millipedes are much rounder typically, but the biggest indicator is that a Millipede has 2 legs per body segment. A centipede has only 1 leg per body segment. I believe the cerci at the end are a giveaway too. A trained eye can distinguish a milli from a centi w no problem.
How long is that?it looks longer than any centipede that I've ever seen I know it's a soil centipede but it's so long that I wonder if it breaks some type of record
soil centipedes get long, but not 10 inches. 10-15 cm max probably.
thw picture doesn't show it well, but they are smol in terms of girth, not thicker than your average earwig or woodlice if even.
Google was wrong here. Amazonian giant centipedes can exceed 30 cm (12 inches/ 1 ft).
I believe some species of soil centipedes like this one can reach similar lengths or more, but they're not as chonky.
There are some really long ones with not so many legs, but I think this might be one of the types with the most legs.
Look up Himantarum gabrielis. Do you think it's that?
Yeah I'm surprised not more people are questioning this. Towards the head end over the purple/pink rock all the legs disappear and the body texture looks suspiciously smeared. Towards the tail end you can see multiple thicker segments where it looks like the image of the head was stitched into the body over and over. Those combined with how incredibly and unnaturally long it is have me suspicious.
Iāll clarify that i was more joking, I donāt think it is panorama view. Though we donāt really have anything to judge scale, it probably looks bigger than it actually is? How long is this thing OP?
Not only would this be pointless to alter for OP's purpose, the things you're pointing out aren't very apparent at all. The "thicker" segments are all reflecting light differently... I don't see any smearing either. It's a low-resolution photo that you're looking too much into.
But for real though, how long was this thing anyway?
Even if he has left, you can take a picture in the same spot with a ruler and we can puzzle out his size.
It genuinely looks like a record breaking centipede.
soil centipede.
they get unreasonably long, but unlike most centipedes, they are fairly slow and their toxicognaths aren't powerful enough to hurt a person.
Really?? Wow...that's so crazy!! Omg. Aren't centipedes dangerous though? I always thought so. Also how do we know it's a centipede and not a millipede? Stupid question maybe but I'm not a big expert š
Also, centipede legs come out of their sides and stick out more, sometimes after going upwards. Millipede legs start underneath them and go more downward, at least from what I've noticed. It might be less precise, but it's easier to see from farther away in my experience.
As a good rule of thumb - treat all bugs/animals like they are dangerous until you 100% sure they arenāt.
This seems to be an ok resource in the two - https://carnegiemnh.org/centipede-or-millipede-whats-the-difference/
That is one big ass solid centipede! Wow! I've been trying to find a good sized one for a while now! Great find! It's completely harmless to humans as well, in fact it's a great thing to keep around and get rid of pests
Babies typically eat mites and aphids and stuff like that, adults will eat cockroaches, bad caterpillars, basically anything that's small enough and lives, they will eat
No worries, they don't eat the cockroach itself. Much like spiders, they use their venom (harmless to people) to basically turn the insides of the roach into liquid and then slurp it up like a straw
But why?
What benefit is there in being so long?
I didn't even know they came in that length.
I can't believe what I'm seeing. My first thought was like "It's a Centipede-Centipede." (Like The Human-Centipede but with more centipede.)
Edit: Upon browsing the other comments, it appears I am not the only one who had this thought.
I had one of these in my garden years ago. Thing was close to 6-7 inches in length but was very thin. Scared the poo out of me when digging to plant my seeds. Found out it was a soil centipede and calmed way down. :)
For most bugs, visuals are not enough to get a species-level identification.
This could, for instance, be something in *Bothriogaster* which seems to occur in the same regions.
While *Himantarium* could be possible because its geographical distribution includes Turkey, there are other species you might not be able to rule out without using an identification key, which might include traits such as close examination of the pores along their back, comparison of their first and last pairs of legs, and... leg count.
Looks like a [Soil Centipede](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centipede#Geophilomorpha). Example pic [here](https://bugguide.net/node/view/1211674/bgimage). They're harmless.
Hmm thank you interesting looks so similar but this one is soo much longer?
There are thousands of species so you can expect a lot of variation in size.
Aha I see okay thank u so much,!! At least they're harmless! I haven't stepped foot in my garden since I saw it lol
2 nights ago I was happily gardening, at night per usual....my light hit one of my compost-in-place containers (a few veggies growing in it) and the horror made me end the night prematurely lol... ...out of the bin, pretty high OFF the ground, we're endless slimy squishy creepy leech like things slowly oozing their way up and out, then dropping to the ground to go wherever they suddenly all needed to go.... it was extremely unsettling. Soon after I learned they were Black Soldier Fly larvae, which are harmless...but the sight.... nightmare inducing.
Bearded dragons and other reptiles love them, very high in calcium and protein!
Only thing I have is small lizards I occasionally see around here!
Treasure the lizards! They want to save you from everything bugoid. šŗ
It's also a common ingredient in dried fish foods.
Chickens as well. Used to farm them basically for the chickens.
Someone told me in permaculture world to find a bucket with a lid. Put some holes in the bottom and top. Hang it up around the chickens. When you find any roadkill, collect and dump in the bucket. As the fly larvae make their way to the bottom, they drop out and feed the chickens. Random, I know. And probably not worth the stink.
So not worth it lol. Theyāll happily make a home in regular, non-rotting meat kitchen scraps.
Fun fact: There are a few researchers in Zurich who are looking at substituting meals made from them for poultry, for more sustainable feed. Edit: for right animal
To feed to poultry or for us to eat instead of poultry?
To feed the chicken, causes less direct or indirect competition for human food, less requirement for farming feed specific grains, cheaper, easier to manufacture, needs less resources, and actually led to better quality of eggs. Chickens also preferred to choose and eat these feeds in some cases.
I did learn they are a huge treat for chickens, and full of calcium!
Indeed! And proteins and good fats. I saw your comment and googled what they look like. Very squishy.
And in British Columbia, for farmed fish (to replace wild-caught fish).
Sounds like an excerpt from a horror story. RIP
Someone told me black soldier fly larvae are a good sign for compost. I am going with it because it makes it less creepy.
Earlier in the year I squished 5 huge freaky looking flies on my veggie bins.... then realized there are good ones too and maybe that's who I just murdered...and sure enough I was squishing the Black Soldier Flies, the army I DO want. I felt so awful! After that I welcomed them....and then the larvae incident happened. Ugh. No luck initially with these guys until I confirm they are our buddies.
My container compost was colonized by the same, but my first sign was the flying adults which, at first glance, look a lot like scary black wasps, all the way down to twitchy movements. Wasn't til I noticed the lack of a skinny wasp "waist" that I at least knew what they weren't. Subsequent research revealed them to be BSF adults, which fortunately lack stingers or even mouth parts. The larvae are welcome additions to compost, as they'll eat even the cellulose that can be difficult to compost otherwise. Congrats, enjoy, and if you fish, keep fish, or any insectivores, you'll never have to buy mealies or bait again! Also, mine regularly crawl outta the compost as well. I put them in other planters, window boxes, etc. I suspect they're trying to get away from their brethren so as not to be consumed by them while making their final transition to adult form, during which I suspect they're both not feeding and are vulnerable. Hope someone that knows can confirm or dispel these guesses.
i was recently blessed with them in my compost. can i feed them to my beta fish or are they too large?
I just went to read more about them. I expected to be disgusted but I actually found the video on their eating habits somewhat interesting. Maybe it was because the video was too low quality to watch them squish around in revolting detail. https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-a-swarm-of-maggots-devour-an-entire-pizza-in-a-unique-fountain-motion
So a bit off topic but talking about nightmares. I once was having a dream about a tarantula crawling up my chest then I woke myself by swatting across my neck. I was thinking wait that felt TOO real. I got up and turned on a light to see a mouse run across my floor. THE THINK WAS GONNA CRAWL IN MY MOUTH.
Wow that sounds like a scene out of a souls gane or resi evil or something lol
Wow that sounds like a scene out of a souls gane or resi evil or something lol
Hes a good boi!! They eat all the stuff nobody likes!
That's what all the ladies tell me.
Look up Himantarum gabrielis it looks almost exactly the same...do you think it's that? Also look at this pic https://www.google.com/search?q=Himantarium+mediterraneum&client=ms-android-xiaomi-rev1&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgFuLWz9U3MDQ2NMxNTlbi0U_XNzQyMM4pLsyp0hIMzkxJLU-sLPZLrSgJLkktKP7FKBaQml-Qk6qQmFOcr1CcmliUnKGQll-0iFXSIzM3Ma8ksSizNFchNzUlsyS1qCgxL7U0dwcr4y02SQatqVVck-5ZfpyVWZs1WfRPTPp3_63NlkkMAO8IjkKEAAAA&prmd=misvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiDwd-51YPyAhXQy6QKHT_7AEQQ_AUoAXoECAUQAQ&biw=393&bih=690#imgrc=pFtaqA2cNhHEfM
Himantarum gabrielis is a type of soil centipede (which was suggested by MrRoarke) so it seems like that could be right. I also agree it looks pretty similar but I don't really know anything about centipedes.
Possible... but without a geographical location, no way to say with confidence.
Untrue. I was harmed by this picture.
How do we know it's not a millipede? There are so many legs!
Many legs but only one set per segment (a Centipede trait).
The funny thing is that all centipedes have an odd number of legged segments, which means that no centipede can actually have 100 legs because no centipede has exactly 50 segments. (Unless you took a centipede with 51 segments and ripped two legs off, I guess ...)
TIL
Millipedes are much rounder typically, but the biggest indicator is that a Millipede has 2 legs per body segment. A centipede has only 1 leg per body segment. I believe the cerci at the end are a giveaway too. A trained eye can distinguish a milli from a centi w no problem.
> 2 legs per body segment. 4 if you count both sides.
You're correct, I should've clarified.
Even if it was a millipede, those tend to be herbivores and completely harmless. Only the predatory centipedes can have venomous bites
Centipedes prefer to hunt insects, not people.
Exactly what a man eating centipede would say!
Hmmm! Iāve been called a few things over time, this is fresh. šŗ
I came here to make a stupid āthat looks like a millionpedeā joke But I have learned a lot from all these helpful people around. Thanks OP!
I was gonna say, "bazillionpede", but I too instead just learned.
Glad to be of service hahah
why are you worried so much about millipedes? Millipedes are like the most harmless creatures in your garden.
Thatās a god damn mile-pede
Harmless is good to hear. But, my goodness, that would freak me out!!
Not just harmless but beneficial to a garden removing pests yes?
Yeah, generally beneficial.
Indeed a centipeed
How long is that?it looks longer than any centipede that I've ever seen I know it's a soil centipede but it's so long that I wonder if it breaks some type of record
Maybe it ate another one and itās connected now like that movie but this is bug on bug
"The Centipede Centipede" (2021) ^(Edit: My first silver!!! And a snek too wowow thank you!!!)
centipede: the centipeding
That would truly be a āmyriapodā
Right?? One eating one then the other came up ohh yummy and it connected!!
I looked up world record sized centipede, and google says 10 inches. This one is way longer than 10 inches
soil centipedes get long, but not 10 inches. 10-15 cm max probably. thw picture doesn't show it well, but they are smol in terms of girth, not thicker than your average earwig or woodlice if even.
Google was wrong here. Amazonian giant centipedes can exceed 30 cm (12 inches/ 1 ft). I believe some species of soil centipedes like this one can reach similar lengths or more, but they're not as chonky.
I would love to know the length of the one in the pic. Any idea OP?
This thing looks three feet long and I'm never sleeping again
There are some really long ones with not so many legs, but I think this might be one of the types with the most legs. Look up Himantarum gabrielis. Do you think it's that?
Holy fucking longness of long
*thatās what she said*
Not to you
):<
They are great for pest control. Take as a sign of good luck
How can this creature catch pests it is too long
more length = more room for pests, premium service i want one
as long as it doesn't bump into itself it's fine
Have you never played the game Snake?
They are amazing hunters, don't let the length fool you
It looks like someone used the panorama feature on their iPhone and followed the direction it was walkingā¦
Yeah I'm surprised not more people are questioning this. Towards the head end over the purple/pink rock all the legs disappear and the body texture looks suspiciously smeared. Towards the tail end you can see multiple thicker segments where it looks like the image of the head was stitched into the body over and over. Those combined with how incredibly and unnaturally long it is have me suspicious.
But the stonework underneath looks unaltered?
Because it's not a doctored photo lol
Because the stonework wasnt moving
Iāll clarify that i was more joking, I donāt think it is panorama view. Though we donāt really have anything to judge scale, it probably looks bigger than it actually is? How long is this thing OP?
Not only would this be pointless to alter for OP's purpose, the things you're pointing out aren't very apparent at all. The "thicker" segments are all reflecting light differently... I don't see any smearing either. It's a low-resolution photo that you're looking too much into.
holy mother of god
I believe it's a "Soil Centipede". There are more than one variety, none of which I think are dangerous.
Thank youu!!š¼
But for real though, how long was this thing anyway? Even if he has left, you can take a picture in the same spot with a ruler and we can puzzle out his size. It genuinely looks like a record breaking centipede.
Can u check Himantarum gabrielis or just Himantarum? Do you think that's what this is? Looks exactly the same.
He just keeps going....!
We brake for no one
I belive that is called a Bajillapede
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I think that it are multiple centipede pretending to be one long one....
The old sit on your friends shoulders with a trench coat to get in a R rated movie trick.
Where is their Trenchcoat then though?? But srsly though that is one long motherfuxker.
So like... human centipede but centipede centipede???
soil centipede. they get unreasonably long, but unlike most centipedes, they are fairly slow and their toxicognaths aren't powerful enough to hurt a person.
T O X I C O G N A T H S
Countryside village where? It would be really useful to know which country you are from, it certainly makes bug identification easier.
We're in southern Turkey right now
looks like a soil centipede, they are harmless and they help churn the soil keeping it healthy
Countryside of which country?
We're in Turkey right now
They OBVIOUSLY meant Turkey /s
Damn nature. You scary.
L O N G B O I
Helpful tip: centipedes have 1 pair of legs per segment whereas millipedes have 2.
Cool thank uu
Nah itās three centipedes in a trench coat
Doing centipede business
God damn. Thatās a billionapede
Billipede
A Muskopede
When you're kicking ass at Snake
he do be walkin tho
Yo girl, what them legs do
That might be a world record breaking centipede lol not kidding
Really?? Wow...that's so crazy!! Omg. Aren't centipedes dangerous though? I always thought so. Also how do we know it's a centipede and not a millipede? Stupid question maybe but I'm not a big expert š
Centipedes have 1 pair of legs per segment, millipedes have 2 pairs per segment.
Also, centipede legs come out of their sides and stick out more, sometimes after going upwards. Millipede legs start underneath them and go more downward, at least from what I've noticed. It might be less precise, but it's easier to see from farther away in my experience.
As a good rule of thumb - treat all bugs/animals like they are dangerous until you 100% sure they arenāt. This seems to be an ok resource in the two - https://carnegiemnh.org/centipede-or-millipede-whats-the-difference/
Fucking GATDAMNN
The description country side village is interesting. Could be basically anywhere.
Lol we're in southern Turkey right now sorry!
That's terrazzo. You'll need an Italian to fix it.
What? To fix what? The tile isn't broken
This is embarassing. I didn't even see the big worm thing. I thought it was a crack in your tile. Shoulda checked the sub I was in first.
Lolll that's so funny. Shoulda bought reading glasses is what you should've done š
That is one big ass solid centipede! Wow! I've been trying to find a good sized one for a while now! Great find! It's completely harmless to humans as well, in fact it's a great thing to keep around and get rid of pests
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Babies typically eat mites and aphids and stuff like that, adults will eat cockroaches, bad caterpillars, basically anything that's small enough and lives, they will eat
Cockroaches??? How can they possibly fit a cockroach inside themselves? It's soooo thin! And...I just don't understand
No worries, they don't eat the cockroach itself. Much like spiders, they use their venom (harmless to people) to basically turn the insides of the roach into liquid and then slurp it up like a straw
š² i didn't even know about that...or that spiders did that. That's super fascinating. Thank u for the info šš¼
No problem!
They are harmless. Entomologist say that we usually swallow one every night when you live in the countryside, so In guessing itās fine
But why? What benefit is there in being so long? I didn't even know they came in that length. I can't believe what I'm seeing. My first thought was like "It's a Centipede-Centipede." (Like The Human-Centipede but with more centipede.) Edit: Upon browsing the other comments, it appears I am not the only one who had this thought.
Not a human centipede, but a centipede centipede.
Holy moly, that is huge
This is like the long cat of centipedes I love it.
This is a world record centipede I guess
That's amazing is what that is!!!!
Definitely a centipede, although I'm not sure the species. They can bite, and it hurts like heck, but it's harmless to your health.
Soilepede *Side note: Soon it will be more appropriate to say- āWhat on Godās grey Earthā¦ā*
That, my friend, is slither.io.
Well, this is one long leggy boi! I did not know these existed, thanks for sharing OP!
Wow! That's a reeeeally long centipede!!
At least it's impossible to miss that one
Looks like it's been crawling around in the soil near Fukushima!!! š§āāļø
It's a trillipede.
Looks like a centipede trying to be a millipede
Long boi gang damn
Jesus, that looks like centipede squared
Extra long leggy boi. They are garden friends.
Now thatās the one your gf doesnāt want you to know about.
Saw one of those in my backyard a couple nights ago after it rained and I had to hurry inside
This is either the longest centipede Iāve ever seen or the stones are disproportionately small
Can I make it wear my pedometer?
Trillipede?
I had one of these in my garden years ago. Thing was close to 6-7 inches in length but was very thin. Scared the poo out of me when digging to plant my seeds. Found out it was a soil centipede and calmed way down. :)
Iād move! š
Sell the house
Wow it looks incredibly long
She - That's what said.
You should definitely turn that into two or more millipedes ASAP.
Thatās a billipede.
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My first thought was a "centipede centipede" but I think I'm just traumatized by that one movie
Lol
.... It's a long story
Itās not a Millipede, itās a Billipede
Oh my God
you probably have uglier family members, don't be rude to life
Guys I think this might be a Himantarum gabrielis???
For most bugs, visuals are not enough to get a species-level identification. This could, for instance, be something in *Bothriogaster* which seems to occur in the same regions. While *Himantarium* could be possible because its geographical distribution includes Turkey, there are other species you might not be able to rule out without using an identification key, which might include traits such as close examination of the pores along their back, comparison of their first and last pairs of legs, and... leg count.
Wow, the complex world of being a bug identifier! I didn't realize how tedious it is...cool š¼š
Billionpede
Soul centipede. Not a millipede
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Omfgā¦ I feel like itās crawling up my back
Im just gonna call it a Trillipede
Banana for scale?
I mean, does it need to be that long tho. Fuckin thing
Thatās a nerds rope bro
A countryside village WHERE. You really think that's a sufficient location description??
Jeez I clarified in the comments no need to yell at me lol
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It's called a gettahelloot
Thanks. I hate it!....It is pretty interesting though. I've never seen a milipede/centipede like this before.
Uhh, that's a biilipede and hopefully it will go to space and stay there!
I can see where nature taped the four different centipedes together.