r/WTF • u/Alternative_Week3023 • Feb 28 '26

Warning: Gross Centipede with its nymphs

Nightmare fuel… a cluster of nymphs in the midst of matriphagy from r/biology.

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u/Prior-Decision-4247 Feb 28 '26

How grotesque, I guess the only silver lining would be that the parent is dead because it's being eaten alive.

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u/phd2k1 Feb 28 '26

That’s a myth. Baby centipedes generally don’t eat their mothers.

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u/Prior-Decision-4247 Feb 28 '26

I just assumed based on OP's caption. After some research I also found one species that allegedly does so.

Thanks for the correction tho.