Is it poisonous?

Scutellaria is a type of millipedes, also known as grass soles, money string, etc., and centipedes are close relatives, like centipedes but slightly smaller, yellow and brown, with slender feet 15 pairs, living in shady and wet places, preying on worms, beneficial farming, during the day in rotten leaves, rotten wood rest until night to come out to find food, move quickly, with insects and spiders as the staple food, let's take a look together to see if it is toxic!

Is it poisonous?

Scutellaria is toxic to a certain extent. A few hours after the piercing wound, the skin produces cord-shaped erythema and blisters, which are first translucent blisters, and then become turbid pus or blood, surrounded by obvious blush, and the blister wall is often scratched or scratched to form an erosive surface. If the bite does not hurt or swollen does not matter, if itching can use 1% peppermint calamine lotion, can also use Nantong Jidesheng snake tablets or Shanghai snake medicine, with water into a thin paste external coating.

What kind of food does Lian Xing eat?

Most of them live under boulders, wood piles and compost piles outside, and can be found almost anywhere in the home, especially in basements, bathrooms and toilets. They feed on spiders, bedbugs, termites, cockroaches, bark fish, ants and other domestic arthropods, and use their fangs to inject venom into their bodies and kill them.

The difference between Scutellaria and centipede

1. Shape: the body of the snail is short, and its steps are very thin. Most of them find it swimming on the wall. When the part of the foot is caught, the foot breaks off from the body, so that the body can escape. This is an adaptation for the snail to escape from the enemy. The centipede is dark in color, has short legs and twists and turns when crawling, but the speed is not very fast. It is usually found more on the ground.

2. Toxicity: there is a link behind the head and a pair of hooked jaw feet, the end of the jaw foot is claw-shaped, and the top of the claw has a venom opening, which can secrete venom and cause local herpes after touching human skin, which is stinging and uncomfortable. The centipede is more toxic and bites severely, especially the big centipede bite is very painful, but it is usually not life-threatening.