This scutigeromorph generated a bit of interest this morning as it joined the school children's stampede for the 7.20 ferry, but we managed to persuade it to change route to avoid the trampling feet.

Looks quite like the one I had crawling over my naked skin in my bathroom about a year ago. Maybe they're related?

The last time i saw one of these on the way to the ferry pier, a Chinese youngster stomped on it several times to impress his freaked girlfriend...

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Yes, they are second cousins on the mother's side.

How did you deduct that, Mr Flora & Fauna expert?

I'd say they're third cousins on the father's side! Prove me wrong!

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Worst centipede bite stories, c'mon!!

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I think that's been pretty well covered. I haven't heard any horror stories about the long-legged variety, though, so hope we did the right thing letting it march unhindered in the direction of human habitation.

Lammagung, I think we'll need a DNA test to be sure.

One interesting thing about the photo is that at first sight you might think that it is walking from bottom left to top right, but in fact the head is at the bottom. Maybe confuses potential predators, but not much defence against girlfriend-impressing boot-stompers.

They are quite common in moist floor of woodland and can be easily found in the Japanese tunnels in Lamma.Some may reach six inches long But they seem harmless and passive unlike the centipede .

Bit of a stir on Tai Peng hill last night around 7 - what appeared to be a snake in the roadside scrub turned out to be two giant centipedes (certainly the biggest I've ever seen) engaged in a bit of hanky-panky. The assembled multitude allowed me to take a few pictures before the death sentence by stoning was pronounced. One corpse was recovered but there was a bit of slapstick as the other slipped out through a screaming horde of jumping legs and flying stones.

Hmmm... thanks Zep, I've always wondered how these evil buggers are reproduced... but of course, I never expected to see XXX-rated centipede porn...

Okay, so they have their occasional humps, then what? How are baby-pedes born?

<a href="http://www.myrmecos.net/amblyopone/centipede.jpg"><img src="http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/1861/centipede4001na.jpg" align=left width=400 height=282 hspace=4 ></a><br><br>Eggs.

They look like they'd make nice pets. Where can I get one?

I hope the one that got squished was the one full of eggs and not merely the sperm donor.