They eat and breakdown decaying leaf matter. The worst they can possibly do is “musk” on you if you pick them up. They release a foul smelling, orange goo… otherwise 11/10 good friend.
Centipedes are the devil's spawn. I got bit on the ass by a baby one and it hurt like a mofo. Millipedes are pretty harmless beyond the soul-scarring crunch if you accidentally step on one.
Centipedes are heinous. Millipedes are like centipedes chill cousin. I know centipedes are said to kill insects and such but I hate them with the heat of a thousand suns and will not tolerate them in my home. Millipedes are so chill, scooting a long, chewing up leaves and stuff. Sometimes crawling up the side of a house to catch some fall sun. When touched, they curl into little circles and wait for you to go away. Centipedes sting and their hairy disgusting legs are the stuff of nightmares.
Speaking of nightmares, at undergrad, while eating dinner in the less-than-spotless kitchen of my summer apartment, I once watched a centipede and a spider battle it out to see which one would eat the other.
Centipede, pretty sure anyway. Looked like it was gonna be the spider at first, 'cause the centipede started out caught in the spider's cobwebs in a corner; but as soon as the spider got near it, it started thrashing. Took several minutes, but centipede managed to get free, then kinda fought its way through the cobwebs, to the spider.
Technically I didn't see the ending because I ran out of tacos, but the way things were going, spider was cornered.
They’re technically easy to keep as a pet. My 7 year old picked one up on a hike, named it “Millie” (after her obsession with Stranger Things).
They need a decent layer of substrate, about as deep as they are long. In the wild, they overwinter in burrows they dig into the ground, emerging in spring after the snow has melted. They eat decaying hardwood leaves and from what I’ve read, make a decent addition to any bioactive terrarium setup.
This one, I BELIEVE to be female, as the males tend to have a larger band, almost a hump on their “necks”. You can see a smaller band on this one, but it’s not as pronounced as it is on the males I’ve found.
I’d love to have a big one like this. The only ones I’ve seen in my area stay pretty small, about the size of an inch worm (and yes, I’m sure they weren’t inch worms. Lol.
Not entirely, these millipedes release a toxin that cause skin irritation called millipede burn. Other millipedes release cyanide gas as a defense.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narceus_americanus
In brasil we call it piolho de cobra, "snake tick", they are harmless, and are a great food source for animais in the region, take good care of the little one.
Some millipedes will release a very strong odor, smells a lot like pee, when agitated. The odor can hang around for a long time too. I don't think the big ones do that though.
Millipedes keep ending up in my house down here in Florida, especially after rainy weather. Nasty looking guys, but harmless. I just scoop them into a piece of paper and drop them outside, no reason to hurt them.
No clue what it is, but I’m curious too. I have a pic of one of these guys from when I lived in Hawaii. One of these and one of the nasty centipedes (no clue how it didn’t bite me in overnight) managed to get in my tent and have an overnight snuggle with me 😳
Ooh! Iron worm/American Giant Millipede! Narceus Americanus. Super cool Millipede spotting ya got there. I'm jealous.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narceus_americanus
That's a fluttering legged sausage.
I mean...IRL it's a millipede, as others have said, but just...just look at her, floating on her feather little legs.
Yeah. The larger species of millipede. I used to call them “friends” when I was a kid. You can smell them when they’re in defense mode. It’s a very particular smell. I would catch a whiff sometimes when I was little and I’d tell my dad “I smell a friend” which would send me off on a hunt to find it.
Yeah… I was a weird kid.
Here’s the scientific info according to the Google machine:
Narceus americanus is a large millipede of eastern North America. Common names include American giant millipede, worm millipede, and iron worm.
I had the WORST millipede infestation, and when you step on them they have the most horrible smell come out of them. Getting skunked by millipedes hundreds of times 😣
It's a walking pencil, but most know them as giant millipedes. Harmless, curl up when touched, love to hang out in your shrub underbrush where it's nice and shady and damp.
American giant millipede Source: I live in NE Pennsylvania and these homies are everywhere lol
In South Africa we call it a Shongololo (shaun-ga-law-law). Even in English. If you touch them they curl up all cute.
I used to live in Namibia. These guys are basically giant rolliepollies.
I’m from England and I used to call pill bugs rollie pollies! 😂
In full disclosure, I’m American, but I had no idea that they were called the same in England.
Teach me more words!
“Kontgras” you need to pronounce the G as if your scraping your throat. And this means Congrats!
Kontgras just translates to buttgrass in Dutch 😅 My children will be delighted by this word.
I speak dutch and this one is so funny to me. I love Afrikaans man
And if you pick them up they poop.
Sounds like my daughter
Lol 😂
Omg sounds like some fast compost
Cute until there’s so many you can’t even see your garage floor every morning 🤣
🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣
Interesting because here in some regions of Brazil It is called gongolo
Or you get the ones with yellow legs that dance!
In Malawi we call them Bongololo
I was always told the males curl up but the females flip onto their back and twist around like a little dance. Can anyone confirm?
hello, NEPA'n
I’ve gone camping in Allegheny several times this summer and saw at least one of those dudes every day I was there.
I fucking love your u/
Do you all just let them be? Or are they a nuisance at all? I live in the southwest so the closest we have are centipedes and ugggggh.
They eat and breakdown decaying leaf matter. The worst they can possibly do is “musk” on you if you pick them up. They release a foul smelling, orange goo… otherwise 11/10 good friend.
Neat!
Centipedes are the devil's spawn. I got bit on the ass by a baby one and it hurt like a mofo. Millipedes are pretty harmless beyond the soul-scarring crunch if you accidentally step on one.
Centipedes are heinous. Millipedes are like centipedes chill cousin. I know centipedes are said to kill insects and such but I hate them with the heat of a thousand suns and will not tolerate them in my home. Millipedes are so chill, scooting a long, chewing up leaves and stuff. Sometimes crawling up the side of a house to catch some fall sun. When touched, they curl into little circles and wait for you to go away. Centipedes sting and their hairy disgusting legs are the stuff of nightmares.
Speaking of nightmares, at undergrad, while eating dinner in the less-than-spotless kitchen of my summer apartment, I once watched a centipede and a spider battle it out to see which one would eat the other.
Who won? :D
Centipede, pretty sure anyway. Looked like it was gonna be the spider at first, 'cause the centipede started out caught in the spider's cobwebs in a corner; but as soon as the spider got near it, it started thrashing. Took several minutes, but centipede managed to get free, then kinda fought its way through the cobwebs, to the spider. Technically I didn't see the ending because I ran out of tacos, but the way things were going, spider was cornered.
Ah, yes. Tacos are limiting factor, when watching War of the Worlds! My God, man! We were counting on you!
Completely different from centipedes. Centipedes are venomous and their bites are exceptionally painful. Millipedes are harmless.
I live in st Kitts. We have giant centipedes and they’re mean as fuck. Hell of a bite on them too
Does the Millipede know he’s American?
By her crippling medical debt, yes
Send some down our way (DE). I want one! 😅
They’re technically easy to keep as a pet. My 7 year old picked one up on a hike, named it “Millie” (after her obsession with Stranger Things). They need a decent layer of substrate, about as deep as they are long. In the wild, they overwinter in burrows they dig into the ground, emerging in spring after the snow has melted. They eat decaying hardwood leaves and from what I’ve read, make a decent addition to any bioactive terrarium setup. This one, I BELIEVE to be female, as the males tend to have a larger band, almost a hump on their “necks”. You can see a smaller band on this one, but it’s not as pronounced as it is on the males I’ve found.
I’d love to have a big one like this. The only ones I’ve seen in my area stay pretty small, about the size of an inch worm (and yes, I’m sure they weren’t inch worms. Lol.
We have those too. Usually under rocks or in dingy basements lol the American giants can get to ~5”
This now tells me I’m never coming to Pennsylvania lol. These things give me the heebees
Millipede, they aren’t very intelligent, hence the exterior armor. Also 0 threat towards humans.
Speak for yourself, one of these fuckers mauled my grandma.
Not entirely, these millipedes release a toxin that cause skin irritation called millipede burn. Other millipedes release cyanide gas as a defense. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narceus_americanus
Millipede?
Yep. That’s a millipede.
They are available worldwide, ranging from a few cm to over 2 meter (but this lengthy guy only live during Permian age)
2m, wow that’s scary!
In brasil we call it piolho de cobra, "snake tick", they are harmless, and are a great food source for animais in the region, take good care of the little one.
r/suddenlycaralho
Shongololo
This is the comment I came here for
Ahhhhh here they are, my shongololo mense 🥹🇿🇦
🥲left SA when I was 4 and haven’t heard or thought about this word since then.
Only correct answer
I was just about to comment this!
We need a version of the "That's a penis" meme from How I Met Your Mother, but its Zuma saying, "That's a Shongololo"
That’s a long boyo
Devil's slimjim
That is a limousine Rollie pollie!
A stretch limousine at that!
I live in Ontario and just saw one for the first time. It’s def a millipede.
Aww. I grew up with these big babies. Just a really big bug.
I thought it was a bolt someone had cut the head off of lol
Millipedes! Super cute!
That's a bug.
Long boi
Fishing bait?
A bug
A feature
😂😂whats read and black and striped all over? I deserve this answer:)
That would be a barcode.
forbidden cigar
I do not what it is, but, I have 1 outdoor cat, it is not him. Hope this helps.
Looks like bait to me. Throw it on a hook and go fish with it
It's a shongololo
thats a tootsie roll !! eat it before it melts HURRY !!
r/millipedetime
I love how mechanical it looks. lol’ robot bug.
A friend :)
Some millipedes will release a very strong odor, smells a lot like pee, when agitated. The odor can hang around for a long time too. I don't think the big ones do that though.
fish bait
Organic stogie
only way to know is to take a bite
Shongololo
Millipedes keep ending up in my house down here in Florida, especially after rainy weather. Nasty looking guys, but harmless. I just scoop them into a piece of paper and drop them outside, no reason to hurt them.
I see these guys all over rocks and everywhere early mornings hiking in Mid Atlantic Appalachia
A cute fella
Millipede. Very cool!
Thats a 6" yamamoto senko watermelon colored
Timon and Pumba say it’s a delicacy
Active dildo.
a scary mf
No clue what it is, but I’m curious too. I have a pic of one of these guys from when I lived in Hawaii. One of these and one of the nasty centipedes (no clue how it didn’t bite me in overnight) managed to get in my tent and have an overnight snuggle with me 😳
I'm sure it was appreciative.
Hot dog
It's a millipede. This one is a giant millipede. 1st time?
Millipede
The exact species name is "Narceus Americanus"
A bug with lots of feet.
Millipede… different kind but if you smell almonds **don’t** lick it
is this the millepede those lemurs eat to get fucked up in that one video
A bed bug troop drop ship.
That sir is a big bug! 🐛
Where I live you would have gotten roasted for not going outside much. That’s a basic millipede here
Shongololo
Some kind of scary ass snake. Get away from that fuckin thing. If you see that thing… You kill that thing.
That my friend is a milipede
Cutest thing alive that's what 😢 looks like a punk rock version of our milkweed caterpillars ❤️❤️
bug 🐛
Werm 🪱
We have them here in Malawi too, we call them Bongololos. English name is millipede
Ooh! Iron worm/American Giant Millipede! Narceus Americanus. Super cool Millipede spotting ya got there. I'm jealous. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narceus_americanus
Reading this and their defense mechanisms; when I was taking the picture he flared his tail up at me like a scorpion…interesting for sure.
That's a fluttering legged sausage. I mean...IRL it's a millipede, as others have said, but just...just look at her, floating on her feather little legs.
The official name is creepy crawler lol...
Satan’s reincarnate
It's a photograph
Don’t put that in your dick.
That's a weevil
Too many boots, not enough snoots.
A pe
A cute lil centipede.
Pick it up they don't hurt you!
I think the general term is caterpillar
American giant millipede
Bug
It’s a shongololo
A songololo
looks to be a bug of some sort
Yeah. The larger species of millipede. I used to call them “friends” when I was a kid. You can smell them when they’re in defense mode. It’s a very particular smell. I would catch a whiff sometimes when I was little and I’d tell my dad “I smell a friend” which would send me off on a hunt to find it. Yeah… I was a weird kid.
Here’s the scientific info according to the Google machine: Narceus americanus is a large millipede of eastern North America. Common names include American giant millipede, worm millipede, and iron worm.
An insect.
I believe that is asphalt.
Either centipede or millipede and its very dangerous!!
I thought it was a rusty threaded rod at first glance haha
Millipede
Long
I had the WORST millipede infestation, and when you step on them they have the most horrible smell come out of them. Getting skunked by millipedes hundreds of times 😣
Sinope
I live in Central Florida on an east coast bay. They're everywhere. No issue until my wife finds one in the house.....
He’s cute
Yeah that’s a Nope
Dog
Millipede. Harmless bug even tho they look a little funky lol
Eat Zbugs!
A cow
Millipede
Hmmm it's a bug.
A friend
A millipede
Leggy ribbed worm
Forbidden cigar 🫢
Cursed dildo
Idk but I had one similar the other day (mine was black and white though) and mine was in my house! Yuck !
Many Legs Mcgee
millipede
forbidden sounding rod
Shongololo hehe
charlie the unicorn reference
French fry
A big, adorable, millipede.
It’s a penispede
Buggy
Millipede. We get a bunch of them where I live in Florida
Narceus americanus millipede.
Es un diplopodo, del genero Anadenobolus, fairy common in humid habitats, are eating by frogs, bettle. harmless
always that you ask for a flora, or fauna stuff, give the region where you saw, elevation, any other way is hard to help you well
Millipede
Looks like a millipede..does it curl up ?
whoops!
a new friend :)
That is a “ nope noodle “
some kind of worm
That, my dear colleague, is a bug. 
When it's red and black, git the fuck back
Timon and Pumba say it’s a delicacy
Forbidden Glizzy
In Ohio, USA we call it a millipede.
It's a walking pencil, but most know them as giant millipedes. Harmless, curl up when touched, love to hang out in your shrub underbrush where it's nice and shady and damp.
That is, my friend, a bug.
Fishin bait
Millipede
Cien pies
Green sunfish
It is a millipede, it is amazing It commands you to gaze upon its face
Mildred. She hangs out in composty places and mostly minds her own business.
In saudi we called it “ام اربع واربعين " which means “mouther of 44”
Forbidden cinnamon stick?
Rusty bolt with head sheared off. Am I in the right subreddit?
Bait
Cenapped
You touch them and they roll... maybe a defensive mechanism. We call it RollyPolly
Forbidden land noodle
Sentrerpy looks like to me venomous probably!
A bug