I Hate House Centipedes !!!

[Mikey]

The other thread go me thinking which bugs you see in the house you REALLY HATE.

So far (knock on wood) i've never lived in a place with roaches, but I did live in places with house centipedes.

These things have got to be the ugliest things on the planet ...
They're big (sometimes a few inches long) and scurry like no other bug --- and when you swat them they fold up into just legs --- (shudder)

Glad I never seen one in my new place - YET.
Hope I never do.

Here's a pic incase you don't know what i'm talking about
Scutigera coleoptrata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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[captact]

God! here in PR theyre always hiding under rocks and cool places,..its just horrible finding one,..squiggling around,..in all sizes,..AND THEIR STINGS ARE HORRIBLE,..YUUUK!

[mitchedwards]

From the wikipedia article

House centipedes feed on spiders, bedbugs, termites, cockroaches, silverfish, ants, and other household arthropods.

So they do server a good purpose. But I agree they are hideous to look at.

[Doc]

I HATE the really long legged centipedes. They are the one of the few bugs I've seen that will actually charge a human. I dont know if they are just stupid and running blind or if they know what they are doing.BUT they almost ALWAYS lunge for me when I get the shoe ready. Its scary!!!!!

[toys2cool]

bugs don't bother me, now mice and rats is a different story

[Brazoo]

I never heard of them or saw them growing up so the sudden appearance of these things popping up everywhere was pretty disturbing to me.

I get them pretty regularly in my apartment now. The seem to come out when it rains for some reason.

[Brazoo]

Gak! "They live anywhere from three to seven years..."

[Gorn Captain]

House centipedes feed on spiders, bedbugs, termites, cockroaches, silverfish, ants, and other household arthropods.

Where can I buy some centipedes....???

[wilbs518]

I see them all the time. I call them eyebrow bugs.

[Nostalgiabuff]

never seen them before, hideous looking things.
I hate spiders, always making their nasty little webs all over the place. I built a huge addition onto my house last year, adding 2 garages to the existing one. Had all new sheetrock, painted etc....had totally cleaned the existing garage for this, and within a few months spider webs all over the damn place. Ugh!

[johnmiic]

I see them and their brood pretty regularly in the warmer months. I think my sister has a hole under the sink here she never bothered to fix. Thanks a lot sis! But when I see them I kills 'em thoroughly.

[MegoAddict]

HOLY CRAP..i haaaaate those things..there in basements at times..Now that i live in a building i don't see them.There naaasty..When u kill them, they some how keep going..***!!!!Earwigs gotta my 2nd bug that i can't stand...Ok, enough of this, i feel them all over hahahaha

[fallensaviour]

??? I've never seen one of those things before???

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

I get them in the basement: 2-3 inch long ones sometimes. On the upside, every time I squish one I earn 5xp. 250 more and I make it to fifth level. hellloooooo armour class bonus!

Don C.

[Bruce Banner]

From the wikipedia article

House centipedes feed on spiders, bedbugs, termites, cockroaches, silverfish, ants, and other household arthropods.

So they do server a good purpose. But I agree they are hideous to look at.

Sounds like something you might watch on SyFy.
Mega Spider vs Giant Centipede.