Got my first house centipede of 2011!Follow

Haha, I know. I just find stoner lingo amusing as well.

BAD thread bad... gave me the goose pimples.

Silverfish like to put holes in your nice clothes.

We have these fun little critters, harder than hell to kill too.

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/01/31/tropical-centipede-from-hawaii/

And these.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nothing/6054482/ (Not my photo)

Oh, and our 3-6 inch roaches fly.

The fact that you use the word "First" as a modifier for "house centipede" tells me you have work to do. Cracks need to be plugged up. Poisons need to be used. Exterminators may need to be called.

Hell, I saw a centipede in my yard, not in the house, and I was unleashing poisonous hell upon my little corner of the world.

I don't kill little critters that get into my apartment, I feel really guilty if I do it. I do remove them occasionally by capturing them and taking them outside.

As for cracks, tomorrow I'll plug up the one I saw the little guy going in and out of tonight (I use tape that I double up so nothing will get stuck to it).

The thing about house centipedes is that they don't eat human food, so even having a spotless apartment doesn't really mean much. They do feed off roaches, silverfish, and other small insects (I only see ants in my kitchen on occasion and never see the house centipedes there) so they aren't necessarily BAD to have around, just really gross. Their stings aren't serious, they have trouble penetrating human skin as well.

They thrive in moisture so I could probably get a dehumidifier for my bathroom to dry it out but I'm scared that maybe I could have a roach or silverfish problem if it weren't for the house centipede so I'll just exist with them and be mildly creeped out for a few more weeks until I get used to them again (this will be my third year having them).

Oh thats a House Centipede, I thought it was called a silverfish.


Nevermind, **** House Centipedes. We had an infestation in an apartment I rented years and years ago after College. They were coming from a wet basement, I threw two bug bombs down there and we went from dozens a day to zero.

You're silly for not killing insects. There are far too many in this world, I recommend getting a flame thrower.

We call them "thousand-legs" as well.

By the way, if 'pes' means foot in Latin, would that explain the shape of the PEZ?

Edited, Apr 7th 2011 7:30pm by Mazra

But I don't live with bugs, so I consider that a fair trade.

Edit: I should also point out(I forgot when I posted this initially) that I favor pyrethrin and eugenol based insecticides, so that whole "better for human health" thing may be less of an issue. I do use a bifenthrin based barrier spray outdoors, so I'm not saying I'm perfect. But again, I don't live with bugs.

Edited, Apr 8th 2011 12:48am by Poldaran

Around here we get the [link=Asian Beetles]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonia_axyridis[/link] and as of the past 2 years we get swarms of [link=Stink Bugs]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_marmorated_stink_bug[/link].

Thanks a lot China.