Beware

This beauty was about 15 centimetres long. He was picked up on a piece of card and deposited in a drain to help rid it of cockroaches. We believe in natural pest-control wherever possible.

If you meet one of these, I strongly suggest you don't go up to shake hands and introduce yourself. Their bite is extraordinarily painful.
(I was stung by a particularly unfriendly scorpion recently. The hospital gave me fifteen injections to counter the venom and it hurt like hell for about 24 hours. I was warnde that Fred, below hurts much more and the pain can last for a week or more.