Found it dead in my dishes
I think that’s the bug they put in Neo in the first Matrix film
Everyone is saying they’re harmless, but we read house centipedes cam leave painful bites. I’ve never been bitten, that I know of, but when plagued with centipedes, I’d sometimes wake up with one of two types of mysterious bug bites: itchy, and painful. I know from prior experience that most North American spider bites are only ever itchy, so I always put the painful ones down to house centipedes. I can’t prove it, though. Here are the facts I do know about house centipedes, from empiricle evidence:
- They like damp. You’ll find them in damp spots, drains, around toilets, around damp areas in basements, etc. Not exclusively, but predominantly.
- They wage a secret war with spiders. Sometimes the spider wins, but usually the centipede does unless it gets trapped by a web.
- Alive, they move like the wind. Shockingly, alarmingly fast.
- When smacked, they explode into air and legs. So many legs, and not much else.
- Despite reports that they control other bugs, they are useless against real nuisance bugs like soldier and stink bugs. And for fly control, spiders do a better job. The only real thing we ever saw centipedes hunting were spiders.
- Small glue traps work really well at controlling them. I caution against large glue traps, as they might catch small rodentia, and if you want to know true horror, find a YouTube video of a mouse caught in a glue trap.
I’m team spider.
This pretty well captures things! Insects that eat other insects are worth rooting for, but like you, I’m on team spider.
Thats a house centipede. Looks creepy, but its a nice house pet. It eats all of the other, undesireable, pests in your house.
Oh so it’s a rest of the world huntsman spider, cool. I’ve got one in my bedroom, love having little buggy helpers around
noooo… the doggie died… :'(
I think it’s a mindflyer parasite. If you hear it talking to you, make sure not to listen.
That’s a house centipede. They will leave you alone and eat lots of pests.
Thanks for taking the useful approach, rather than parroting the usual drivel
Edit It turns out they feed on bed bugs - surely that should sway a few people.
…And they can detach their legs? I want one!
I want one!
Don’t worry, you already have more than one, probably hiding in the walls.
Unless you live in a high rise building…
They probably have two, regardless of where they live. Unless they are in a wheelchair.
When I lived in a concrete high-rise, I never saw any centipedes. Now that I reside in a mostly wood/drywall house, I’ve seen at least three.
I lived in that high-rise for ~4 years, I’ve lived in this house for ~1 year.
I do what I can to leave the centipedes alone so they can do their thing. We also have spiders, which are all considered bro’s in our home.
It was a joke on
…And they can detach their legs? I want one!
The “one” can refer to both a leg, as well as a complete centipede.
I realize the joke didn’t land at all. Oh well!
I wish I had a few of those instead of a multitude of disgusting silverfish }:
But silverfish are not bad either? They don’t carry disease.
They only have six legs, so very uncool. Also, they’re jumpscare experts. Chillin’ on the frickin’ ceiling, in packs of toilet paper, my dirty laundry bin… I despise them for it.
House centipede. They eat other bugs and while scary looking are harmless. They like spiders appear from time to time without anything being wrong. They’re just looking for other bugs to eat.
