CREATURES

OK, , I have been waiting to have THREE creatures to show you to do this post and it happened today! This first creature was luckily dead...I saw it on my run one morning and marvelled at how huge it was. Bugs are just bigger here for some reason.This second creature just showed up at one of our first meetings with our missionaries... There are LOTS of lizards here, but they usually stay outside.

This last creature showed up IN OUR HOUSE!!! Our housekeeper, Argelia, asked me to come and see something...this was not what I expected! Luckily, the house had been sprayed a couple of weeks ago, and this 3 plus inch "critter" was in the throes of death. But he creeped us out! And I was barefoot!

I did some research and here is what he WAS! So...

WHEN DO YOU WANT TO COME SEE US????

Centipedes & Millipedes

Renée Lizotte

Giant desert centipede

Centipedes are arthropods that have elongated bodies with one pair of legs per segment. They range in size from less than an inch to several inches. The giant desert centipede is usually 6 to 8 inches (15 to 20 cm) long, while the common desert centipede is 4 to 5 inches (10 to 13 cm) long. The larger giant desert centipede is orange with a black head and tail. This warning coloration advertises the centipede as dangerous. The smaller, brown and tan, common desert centipede is less so. While painful, neither bite is especially dangerous to humans.

Distribution

Centipedes are found world-wide, in temperate and, more abundantly, in tropical areas. These 2 desert species are found throughout the southern United States and into Mexico.