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What kind of insect is that? I can't think of anything with that many legs that eats cockroaches.
Insects have 6 legs. If I had to guess its a centipede drawn with too many legs per segment.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutigera_coleoptrata
Commonly known as a house or carpet centipede.
The drawing is pretty accurate.
I've encountered these guys all my life. They are mostly small skittering puffy-stretches at a glance, but sometimes they can look like their red headed larger and snake-eating relatives at 4-5cm lengths.
They are extremely soft to the touch, as if a very light breeze just brushed off your arm hair. What I didn't know is that they are like cats in this behaviour:
Thank goodness
Also the image is
cursed:
Aww it’s okay, lil Scucoleo
Thems “silverfish” or naw?
Naw, silverfish look like this.
Silverfish?
Nope, house centipede, as they’re commonly known
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutigera_coleoptrata
Seems like those are what my roommates incorrectly call silverfish
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverfish are also pests. They eat books.
Are there silverfish big enough to eat roaches?