Millipede Madness

[Melalvai]

My skin is now crawling.

That sensation is called "formication". I am not kidding.
I use that word in casual conversation ever chance I get.

[DDH]

That sensation is called "formication". I am not kidding.
I use that word in casual conversation ever chance I get.

So I can say I am Formicating? LOL

How funny, I think I will use it now to and see if anyone I know will have a clue!!! LOL

[bikerz]

Formicate: where etymology and entomology meet.

Trekhawk, I was suckered back in by seeing the Snap and DirtDiva had posted, and I thought - oh - maybe something I can handle. But, no. (Thanks, pals!) But I am learning - I did not follow your link about your exotic millipedes.

That weta-thing is way too big. You know, it doesn't look all that different from a giant prawn-type thing that showed up on my dinner plate at a restaurant in southern India one night , completely reinforcing my assertion that crustaceans are just giant insects of the sea.

[OakLeaf]

crustaceans are just giant insects of the sea.

Oh now you've got that jingle in my head. "What's the best lobster? Cricket of the Sea!"

[rocknrollgirl]

When I used to climb a lot, those giant millipedes were all over the rock. You would be 100 feet up off the deck going to make a sketchy move and wriggle, wriggle, one would crawl out of the rocks right in your face. Not much you could do about it. Focus past the bugs!

One time we saw a rather large snake climbing vertically right up the face about 20 feet off the ground. Now that would have given me a heart attack.

[mimitabby]

so you don't want to rub these millipeds into your eyes, as they are very irritating.. Such useful information!

[Trekhawk]

so you don't want to rub these millipeds into your eyes, as they are very irritating.. Such useful information!

LOL - yep lots of great tips. Don't rub them in your eyes, don't eat them. Ok very useful if I was tempted to put them anywhere near my face but all I want to know is how to make the buggers go away.

Z - I will never look at seafood the same way.

[7rider]

Oh now you've got that jingle in my head. "What's the best lobster? Cricket of the Sea!"

Yum!!!!

Back in US Colonial days, I've read that people would not eat lobster....it was too bug-like and disgusting. Hmmm...on my research cruises, that was another name for lobsters..."Bugs". Crabs, too.

[DirtDiva]

Trekhawk, I was suckered back in by seeing the Snap and DirtDiva had posted, and I thought - oh - maybe something I can handle.

Bwahahaha.