So that's what 'thousand leggers' are called. Hmm. As said by other people commenting, those are some creepy insects even for people used to insects like me. As a younger person I believed a rumor I heard that they were poisonous, so maybe that jsut stuck in my subconcious.
Of course all centipedes (and all spiders) use venom to help capture their prey, but very few of them can penetrate human skin, and fewer are dangerous. One website suggested that house centipedes can rarely bite, and when they do it's no worse than a bee sting. Not very comforting to me, but I have handled house centipedes, and so far no bites.
People have used large bugs as a reason I shouldn't move someplace warm. Doesn't work on me! Just don't sleep on the floor! RAchelle has bad memories of "palmetto bugs" (American cockroaches, which in hot climates can fly) falling from the ceiling onto her as she slept.
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If Haiti had a tourist board, they'd be smart not to use that picture.
kkbb caught a several inch long Scolopendra (similar to your picture) in her office in Austin! I have the picture in my archives somewhere...
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I have got to remember stuff like that when I think about moving to warmer climates.
I wouldn't be able to sleep.
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