An incredibly long Texas Redhead centipede is the talk of the longhorn state after the Texas Parks and Wildlife department posted a Facebook photo of the insect making its home on a broom at the Garner State Park in Concan, Texas July 1.

"Check out this Texas-sized centipede at Garner State Park in the Hill Country," the agency said on its page. "It's called a Texas Redhead and is known to prey on lizards and toads."

One scientist with the government branch told Houston television station KHOU that the anthropod is nothing to mess with.

"As far as invertebrates go, the giant redheaded centipede is one bad dude," Ben Hutchins, an Investigative Biologist with the organization told the news outlet.

And Hutchins noted that although the cipher's attack gives people severe pain, the agony goes away after a short time.

"Bites are usually rather mild, resulting in a sharp, painful sting that is sometimes accompanied by swelling, usually subsiding after a few hours," Hutchins further explained. "In rarer cases, bites cause minor skin necrosis, dizziness, nausea and headaches."