Seeing such a “forty-footed” surprise on his wall with a sharp turn on of light, a person is moved by one animal instinct: to destroy! Nail in a slipper immediately and throw it out the window - this is how impartial the ordinary flycatcher on the wall of the apartment is. But is it worth it to harm harmless God's creatures, especially since this insect belongs to just such - at least, until now, there have been no cases of death due to the flycatcher.
Features of the common flycatcher species
This animal, or rather, an insect, has its own name in Latin: Scutigera coleoptrata. It is not for nothing that the common flycatcher received its nickname - it comes from the class of the deer-legged squad of flycatchers and eats insects. In its size, the flycatcher is not so big - up to 5 cm, so on the scale of a three-room apartment it seems like a harmless insect. Just imagine how the flytrap sees us - and I want to hug her and cry!
Let us return to the biological description: the common flycatcher has 15 pairs of long and tenacious legs that allow you to climb walls. The prey monitors and lures the insect with the help of long antennae. Body color is rather primitive - transparent-brownish, with three black stripes along the back and legs. If you look at the face, it is slightly narrowed, eyes are slanted, from a certain angle it seems that the flycatcher smiles.
Undoubtedly, the centipede flycatcher is a predator, but at the same time also a nurse: its main diet is termites and cockroaches, small flies and Prussians. Like its victims - spiders, flytraps inject poison into prey, and then eat it. Before slamming a flytrap, it’s worth a thousand times to think: are we ready for such a thorough destruction of pests?
By the way, for those who fear for furniture, food, and pets, the common flycatcher doesn’t eat anything like it, and even less so for people. The bite of a flycatcher, if at all possible, is equated to the bite of a mosquito or a weak bee.
The habitat of flycatchers is limited to the southern edges of Russia, Crimea and Kazakhstan. In nature, they hide under stones, waiting for the heat, and at night they are especially active and resort to bright light in the walls of boarding houses and houses. Flycatchers, like any creatures, also freeze - with the onset of cool autumn nights, they run to apartments in search of shelter.
Interestingly, the young flycatchers have only 4 pairs of legs, with each new molt increasing one more. These centipedes live in ideal conditions for up to 7 years.
Flytraps - are only insects?
In nature, this name is very common. There is a predatory (carnivorous) plant called “Venus flytrap”, which lures insects into its bright scarlet flowers and slams its “mouth” as soon as they sit on them.
Also in the world of birds, a small and attractive representative is a gray flycatcher - this bird has a piercing voice and often resembles a sparrow. Gray flycatchers are common in humid and bright forests in warm parts of Europe and in southern Siberia. Its nests are often located on stumps or dried snags, which makes the chicks vulnerable, and the flycatcher species itself is rare and exotic.
