BBC News, Lancashire

A younger lady has talked about her shock after discovering a venomous century in her flat.
Oralith Armer mentioned that she noticed the “strange creature” on her kitchen wall, when she returned from late shift in Vatherspoon.
The 19 -year -old later discovered that a number of -legged minibests had been a uncommon skitigera coalopetta, which makes use of poison to kill his prey, however isn’t dangerous to people.
“I had never seen anything like this before. After asking my colleagues, we came to know that it was a house centiped,” he mentioned.

Steve Gregory, who runs the recording plan of the British MyriPod and Isopod Group, said that Scootigera Coleoptrata was generally often known as home centiped.
He mentioned that the species originates from the Mediterranean Sea and at the moment, solely inside buildings can keep away from our chilly winter.
Mr. Gregory mentioned that the philosophy of the insect, who use their poison and feed on flies and spiders, have gotten extra frequent within the UK.

He mentioned that those that unknowingly abolish the housing do not need to fret as a result of they don’t seem to be harmful for people.
“Although once very rare, it is expanding its range, possibly due to climate change,” he mentioned.
“There were only three known scenes to see around 30 between 1990 and 2020, and in 2024 there were more than the triple than this number.
“These are principally from Southern England, however in recent times it has been seen as Lancashire and Yorkshire within the north.”
Ms. Armer, who moved to Litham St. Anis, Scotland two years ago, said that she listed and released a brave colleague to help catch the creature.
“House centipsees are innocent and actually useful from what I’ve realized as a result of they hunt different family pests,” he mentioned.
With inputs from BBC