HILO, Hawaii (AP) - A centipede that's more than 1 foot long (30 centimeters long) is on display at a Big Island resident's home.

The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported Sunday that retired taxidermist Clayton Cambra had spotted the 14.5-inch (37-centimeter) insect in woods behind his home and decided to capture it with a bucket. Cambra says the venomous arthropod stood up in the bucket "like a cobra," escaping multiple times before he was able to put it in a plastic bag and then in his freezer.

After it died, Cambra says he thawed the insect and pinned it to a piece of Styrofoam board. He then injected it with formaldehyde to be preserved.

Dan Rubinoff, an entomologist and director of the University of Hawaii Insect Museum, said he thinks the bug is a Vietnamese centipede.

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