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noun
Centipede; Any of a wide set of many legged arthropods. They are venomous, and their bites may have effects ranging from mild discomfort to life threatening. Their colouration varies with some being black or dark brown and others being orange and blue.
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anonymous
13 years ago

what are of the thing we can use to get rid of fortyleg

Jamaica
Jamaica
reid
11 years ago

take a knife and cut it up

Jamaica
Jamaica
SANDENA
11 years ago

HOW MANY BABYS DO THEY HAVE ONE TIME

Barbados
Barbados
Maureen
10 years ago

Centipee or forty leg they are called here

Barbados
Barbados
Andy
10 years ago

When I lived in Guyana a retired port knocker who was cleaning our yard found a big one and called me to kill it. He said he could not do the execution and he had an immunity given by the Wai Wai Indians. He offered me a "centipede cut" as the immunity... I refused and killed the creature. I am terrified of them.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Ray Ash
10 years ago

Forty leg and centipedes are two different creatures.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Des
9 years ago

Well, not really Ray Ash. A forty leg is really a forty legged centipede....

Grenada
Grenada
Grenada
9 years ago

centipede, or Santopee

Cuba
Cuba
morus
9 years ago

O god there the same thing Ray Ash

Jamaica
Jamaica
Ray ash
8 years ago

Me is a fool

Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Beauty
8 years ago

I'm terrified of those things! I'm terrified of every bug LOL

Jamaica
Jamaica
Delroy
8 years ago

I found on in my bathroom last night.. it look dangerous though.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Delroy
8 years ago

still not sure how it get in

Jamaica
Jamaica
Günther Oberreiter
8 years ago

in 20 yrs visiting Jamaica, mi see just one, mi landlord cut it fast

Jamaica
Jamaica
Didier trejo
8 years ago

People can't believe talk shit and no say nothing about forty legs bite how to get rid of the bite that hurt to bombo cloth

Jamaica
Jamaica
Dahksahna
8 years ago

If you see one betta put yuh foot dem inna yuh hand and tek off

Grenada
Grenada
Shontel
8 years ago

A santopee bit me last night Now I can't even move my shoulder properly That hurts like shell😭😭😭

Jamaica
Jamaica
Justin
8 years ago

Wana dem bite mi, mi bal da time we a do was big one

Jamaica
Jamaica
LOR
7 years ago

Since moving to Portmore, I have had numerous encounters with these critters, I terrified of these forty legs as they are every where in the, bathroom, bedroom, kitchen, living & dining room even in my clothes & shoes, what can be used to get rid of these critters, I am even unable sleep at night, these are some very hugh ones. Any ideas are welcome please.

Jamaica
Jamaica
EnglishT
7 years ago

When u catch 1 cut it up and put it in a bottle with some rum. If u get bitten again use that solution it should help.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Ricky Spanish
7 years ago

It's not a pretty bite I tell you. I was bitten twice in less than an hour while sleeping one night, once on my elbow that woke me up then I went back to sleep and again woken up by the other bite in my lower back. And a week or two later I was bitten on the ear, again while sleeping, luckily this time it was a baby. The pain from the bite lasted about 45 minutes to an hour. It was VERY painful!!!

Jamaica
Jamaica
Liyah
7 years ago

So them reach on your bed ....still ne fraid a them can even sleep n nuh think bote it

Barbados
Barbados
KEKE
7 years ago

cut off the head it have the stingers or use bug spray.

St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Kitts & Nevis
kitti
7 years ago

we dont call it that... or atleast ive never heard that.. only in jamaica ive heard that.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Create
7 years ago

I just saw one on the bathroom floor forty legging in a dam circle and then a look up and see big crocko lizaz ova mi head a walk n wine make a u-turn fi leff d scene only fi buck up inna masss overgrown grasshopper.now tell me fi sumbody weh ave a insect phobia how me feel?

Jamaica
Jamaica
Gracie
7 years ago

I always kill them what works like a charm is throwing very hot water on it,and it dies very quickly and or the use of our ever present cutlass or a metal toe shoes use it until its crushed. Usually for me crushed means its dead...

Jamaica
Jamaica
tiny
6 years ago

I just saw one on my varandah about to crawl under my front door.It was a fully grown one! I had the shakes instantly.Gave it a poke with my umbrella and it shake and turn in the next direction, gone out into the night.I'm scared and paranoid as hell now.What if it comes back? It was so dangerous looking! Good thing i saw it,imagine if it had gotten inside! I stuffed the front door with a towel.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Jojo
6 years ago

I was just showering and felt something running down my back. I used my hand to sweep across my back and it fell to the floor. Had to use my shoes and hit it about 6times & then washed it down the drain. I boiled some water and poured it down the drain as well. My daughter could have been the one in there. Thankfully it wasn't her.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Jojo
6 years ago

I was just showering and felt something running down my back. I used my hand to sweep across my back and a forty leg fell to the floor. Had to use my shoes and hit it about 6times & then washed it down the drain. I boiled some water and poured it down the drain as well. My daughter could have been the one in there. Thankfully it wasn't her.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Jj
6 years ago

At montego bay and these creatures are here in armies as huge as a football boot, I'm on camp for three days and I haven't slept and I'm too terrified of these devils

Jamaica
Jamaica
Lee
6 years ago

I was just bitten few hours ago, deadly creature.........

Jamaica
Jamaica
Arlene
6 years ago

I killed one in my living room Thursday night its the first I ever say anything like that i was so frightened .

Antigua & Barbuda
Antigua & Barbuda
AH
6 years ago

Why do you have to kill 😢 😠 😠 😡

Jamaica
Jamaica
Jay
6 years ago

Was sleeping early in the morning and felt a little sting and ignored it and then I felt something crawling up my leg and shook whatever it was off. Turned on the lights to see what it was and saw that it was a forty leg dancing around in the bed. Felt really creeped out...

Barbados
Barbados
Marbar
6 years ago

LMAO

Jamaica
Jamaica
Bert
6 years ago

Did you know they have no backbone?

Jamaica
Jamaica
Bert
6 years ago

Also centipedes prefer warm, damp places hence why they will often make their way into homes from outside...SOLUTION buy humidifier.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Shelli-Ann
6 years ago

It almost bite my 2 month's old daughter last night almost bite her sister years ago at her age n I let my father kill them both. They a big. i was afraid to sleep

St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Kitts & Nevis
Elrick
6 years ago

thats one thing i dont like about back home.....big stinkin multi-color sanapee lol

Jamaica
Jamaica
Pat
5 years ago

My son was just bitten by a forty leg in his head on his bed we took him the soldier camp and the medic give him son something for it he is still in pain

Jamaica
Jamaica
^^^^^^^^^^^
5 years ago

Hahahaha

Jamaica
Jamaica
Tash
5 years ago

I was just bitten the area is swollen. I wish I knew how to get rid of the pain and swelling.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Yaaadman
5 years ago

On the roadside talking and felt something on my foot. Used my hand to move it away and realized it moved, then I felt a sharp pain. I jumped up and flipped my foot in the air same time. The other guys laugh after me and start look for it. Found it on the wall beside us, a very small one too. I killed it my self. Crush him till nothing left. But the pain no so bad now. Feel a little better.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Cbar
5 years ago

Saw a baby one a week ago. Spayed and killed it.big one tonight. Spayed it like hell then crushed it with a stone. It was a scary experience. Hear them sting harder than scorpians

Jamaica
Jamaica
jj and jb
5 years ago

forty legs are dangerous creatures say no to all i agree put your feet in your hands and take flight...

Jamaica
Jamaica
Bear
5 years ago

I was just bitten by one, I was actually sleeping, woke up to a terrible pain in the back of my neck, first thing came to mind was ice, I got some ices cubes to numb the pain, it helps, my mom killed it, luckily I'm not allergic to anything like insects or anything forty leg/ centipede related This incident happened after 4 in the morning, bruh a the worst feeling eva

Jamaica
Jamaica
4 years ago

Forty leg, deadly creature,,,

Jamaica
Jamaica
4 years ago

@ bear......i just got stung after 5 in the morning. Aigh idk what to do

Jamaica
Jamaica
Sas
4 years ago

I just got bite by a baby one I rub garlic over it area where it bite an i stop feel pain in no time.... Not sure if the garlic works when the big ones bite

Jamaica
Jamaica
skky
4 years ago

I just saw two today and just step on them and rub them out

Jamaica
Jamaica
skky
4 years ago

I just saw two today and just step on them and rub them out

Jamaica
Jamaica
Easty
4 years ago

I was just in my bathroom talking a shower when I saw a red-brownish object whining across mi shower curtain mi say o lord mi Tek up mi draws Inna mi hand and run all now mi soap up abs the pipe a run god help me with the water bill cause that nah lock off by me

Jamaica
Jamaica
Rushina
4 years ago

I was asleep and I feel something in my clothes I flash it out on the bed and I freak out and wake up My sis and she kill it...little after I feel pain in my hand ..it hurts a lot

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British Virgin Isles.
bach
4 years ago

one time on visit to jamaica one a em crawl up me battyhole. reckon brudda still there while i type dis

Jamaica
Jamaica
Devon
4 years ago

I once had a baaaaaaaad experience wit one of deez forty legs. one tried to bit me in da toto and it was not gooood.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Deen
4 years ago

Swear these creatures are vicious. Saw three in my bathroom and I killed them. Its like they like my rrom or something. Saturday night I was on my bed and a huge one was moving fast trying to get in my bathroom and I killed it with my shoe. Have to slap it about six times before it dead. This thing was huge and I had a panic attack after. Took me almost half an hour to finally take it out.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Tash
4 years ago

Y wen fortyleg bite u its swell so big

Jamaica
Jamaica
Lia
4 years ago

A wonda how much a them born on time

Jamaica
Jamaica
Lia
4 years ago

One*

Jamaica
Jamaica
Cece
4 years ago

I just find one in my room and me n my boyfriend is so scared I’m paranoid because i dont know where it came from and how much more is there

Jamaica
Jamaica
Chin
4 years ago

I found a forty leg, and a garden snake under my breadfruit tree while collecting rocks last night. I wasn't afraid of the snake but the forty leg give me the creeps. I put them both in a bottle of rum. My uncle said it's good to rub pain but I'm not sure if there is truth to this. Forty legs are dangerous I say, although I only got bitten by the babies. Didn't feel anything

Jamaica
Jamaica
jess
4 years ago

two a dem crawl up mi foot one in di bathroom and one outside mi very paranoid now, killed di one in the bathroom but mi took a long flight from the big ass one from outside this is why mi hate fi go outside and i cant even shit/pee in peace without one coming at me in the bathroom

Jamaica
Jamaica
Me3
4 years ago

One bite me bout 1:00 inna di morning, mi fly outta mi sleep and feel a sting and pinch the area then i got up to use the bathroom and when i look is a big 40 leg dat jump offa me and drop in the toilet didnt even feel or suspect a thing, the time is now 3:32 and i cant sleep cause of the pain and swelling

Jamaica
Jamaica
Sheenz
4 years ago

I was having a nice shower just now and I saw something coming in my direction at a fast pace I freaked out...ran out of the shower with soap on my skin....but it didn't bite me..i poured a lot of bleach on it and it still did not die...they're terrifying

Jamaica
Jamaica
Jabarri
4 years ago

Kill!!!

Martinique
Martinique
Bally
3 years ago

saw one in my bedroom one night, which is unusual as I don't live on ground level.was sleeping and heard some rustling, woke up, turned on the light and saw one running out of a plastic bag. I jumped up and sprayed it to death, waited a few minutes and put it in the toilet. scared for life

Jamaica
Jamaica
Channie
3 years ago

lol it rarely causes any real threat to humans, it is only venomous and fatal to its prey like other insects especially soft bodied ones, we’re not it’s prey we’re giants and their little venom can’t hurt us. Maybe to someone who has an allergic reaction to insect bites but not a regular man or woman

Jamaica
Jamaica
Sksjznsnw
3 years ago

Did you guys know that once there is one there is a lot more?

Jamaica
Jamaica
Sksjznsnw
3 years ago

They have Bout 50-60 babys one time

Jamaica
Jamaica
guzzla
3 years ago

i need a cutlass and a bottle of white rum

Jamaica
Jamaica
Shattap
3 years ago

One just bite me on my hands it's just a little painful

Jamaica
Jamaica
Maine💋
3 years ago

I don’t know if these things love my room are what but mi tired a them man, portmore is the work place when it comes to these things, my hand is hurting like crazy right now because of one that just bite me. I can’t even go back to sleep because I’m terrified and scared 😟

Jamaica
Jamaica
Maine💋
3 years ago

Worst *

Jamaica
Jamaica
Spray
3 years ago

One bite me last night I went to look for a girl

Jamaica
Jamaica
3 years ago

I just see a baby one run in my room and I searched and can't find it. I just spray out the entire room with insect spray. Guess I have to sleep in the living room tonight because am paranoid in my room.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Dane
3 years ago

SAME BUT ME FIND IT AND MURDA IT

Jamaica
Jamaica
Amoi
3 years ago

One bit me like 30 minutes ago and my feet hurting like hell I can hardly walk and this thing keeps sticking me 😫

Jamaica
Jamaica
Han
3 years ago

I don't think we should mess with it cause i saw it last night it looks very very very very very very dangerous

Jamaica
Jamaica
ashley
3 years ago

my friend saw one in her house and it killed her😢

Jamaica
Jamaica
Terry
3 years ago

Was bitten by one in my forehead last week while dozing in my sofa. Funny thing is I'm upstairs..... I'm freaked out 😰

Jamaica
Jamaica
Terry
3 years ago

Was bitten by one in my forehead last week while dozing in my sofa. Funny thing is I'm upstairs..... I'm freaked out 😰 it was painful. I sprayed it and burnt it.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Terry
3 years ago

We made some soup with it afterwards. Centipede stew is really nice.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Andrew Leslie
3 years ago

I do not know how long does a forty leg grow

Jamaica
Jamaica
Shantell
3 years ago

Boy since me come a prtmore them nuff over here. One just almost bite me and run gone under neath me closet!! Now I'm scared.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Livia
3 years ago

One just bite me and wake me out ma sleep. Hurts like hell

Jamaica
Jamaica
OMK
3 years ago

A female can live for years and produce up to 150 baby centipedes in her lifetime.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Lissette
2 years ago

This is the worst pain...Im sleeping feels somthing crawing on my stomach, jumped up and grabed it ...its a 40 leg !!! It bite me on my finger 2:35 AM....on the 3rd floor in my room sleeping...how the hell it got all the way up here😭😭 the pain is unbearable...Help!!!

Jamaica
Jamaica
2 years ago

They also have another one here that looks like the forty leg, but it looks shiny like a snake and crawls like one too. What's it called again? I think it's galangwax or something like that. I just found one in my bed.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Nicola Taylor
2 years ago

I read I. A book that the centepede has helpfully remedies I think it's a reader digest . It helps with memory. I am. Afraid of them . They usually comes up iny bath tub

Jamaica
Jamaica
Does it really work
2 years ago

Does it really work for pain if you put it in a bottle and put rum on it

Jamaica
Jamaica
May
2 years ago

I saw one that was small and it bit me it was so hot

Jamaica
Jamaica
Zoshi
2 years ago

I saw a big one yestaday, me kill it with a chair

Jamaica
Jamaica
Charm
2 years ago

I just saw a big one in my kitchen and when I chop at it went where my son has his toys along with some bathroom fixtures and electrical wires, but I was able to get a quarter of it. My question it grows back those legs that I was able to cut off?

Jamaica
Jamaica
Yush bossy
last year

Me nervous 😩 just move to portmore and every day me see two inna me house me a wonder how

Jamaica
Jamaica
Tash
last year

Hey one sting me in my sleep last night I jus up turn on d light n move the sheet saw it n grab up d baby run to the next room n come back with the pyro spray n grab a shoe same time I was so angry with it of all the places my bed while me n the baby sleep it had all day to present it self grandma come in give it bout several hit to make sure it dead

Jamaica
Jamaica
Ellie
last year

We have had 6 baby forty legs in the house. How many babies do they have? Keep benedryl on hand always in case you are bitten.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Ellie
last year

We have had 6 baby forty legs in the house. How many babies do they have? Keep benedryl on hand always in case you are bitten.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Reid
last year

I dont want none of them come bite me

Jamaica
Jamaica
Khiara
last year

One time I was chilling with my cousins on mi varandah n mi fell Smith crawl pon mi foot n at first mi did think a wah cock roach but den mi fell a lot of legs mi seh mi jump INA d chair n scream out forty leg 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 mi Neva figet dat night

Jamaica
Jamaica
Jess
9 months ago

In my room listening to music one just seh look a yuh foot. The biggest bbc forty leg me ever see inna me life. If me did look one second later it bite me. Me daddy chop it up and burn it nuff before it even stop wiggle. Them resilient bad. I’m scared of the babies that are possibly still alive. One baby one bite me already and me swear a stab me did get stab inna me foot

Jamaica
Jamaica
Twiggy
9 months ago

Just had one crawl on my foot in my bathroom a few mins ago. Mi paranoid nuh rass right now wondering what to do

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Omar
last month

This is the 3rd time a 40ty leg comes on my bed and bite me, funny thing about it is that it's always me it bite, it never troubles my wife and we bought sleep on the same bed

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Omar
last month

What should I do

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Yoania
last month

He matado 5 pequeños nada que más que llegue a mi casa,ahora estoy muy asustada

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Yoania
last month

Que puedo hacer para que se vayan,tengo miedo por mo hijo

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Yoania
last month

No se si abran mas