My basement spiders get them. I love my basement spiders.
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What Kind of animal is this?
House centipede
does it bite
Nope!
Ackshually, it stings, its forcipules aren't a part of its mouth 🤓
But when it comes to humans, it's in reaction to a threat (someone mentioned being stung by one that hid inside their slippers: put yourself in the numerous shoes of a centipede, cornered by a giant fleshy thing invading the cozy place you just found...)
It would rather flee otherwise.
put yourself in the numerous shoes of a centipede
that was funny
Yeah, Roaches
The centipedes at my mom’s house def bite, it’s very painful. Sometimes you need to go to the hospital.
Basically never walk around my mom’s house barefoot.
Have you considered cleaning out the house and closing all the gaps?
I know a lot of these insect threads tend to disagree, but sealing a house and only letting in air through very fine meshes is 100% possible.
Every time I bring this up people start taking like spiders and bugs can phase through solid walls of wood and caulk.
While I have no understanding for that, I do however understand that poverty or mental or physical health issues can make it difficult to get your home to not be a gappy mess. Especially as renters have no authority to do that.
My reluctance isn't that this isn't doable, but the amount of effort it would take to inspect every external surface for small gaps. Cracks, for reasons of personal head cannon, seem much easier to identify. Both the attic and crawl space require a fair amount of persistence in tight, dark spaces with not the best of footing and air quality conditions that are tolerable in limit situations without mitigating equipment.
The roof is also another tricky spot. Definitely worth it for critter sized openings, but I'm not sure I can pull it off for bug sized.
With that said, I think most people will get a lot of bang for the time if they inspect doors, windows and search for cracks on the sidewalk along the foundation.
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Instead of fumigation, can you breed them, release them in a house to kill all the cockroaches, then lure them back into their mobile home with food?
They should care! It could be a source of selection pressure
yeah would be willing to believe people are more tolerant of e.g. jumping spiders than other kinds
I like web spiders better. They stay in their spot, I stay out of their spot.
I said this the last time this was posted and I'm saying it again
"THEN MAYBE DON'T MOVE SO FUCKING FAST IT ACTIVATES MY FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE!!!"
If they weren't fast enough, how would they catch the cockroaches?
I can catch a lot of things if I sprint, but I don't usually sprint from the couch to the kitchen.
one of these creepy bastards got inside of my soap dispenser brush thing for doing the dishes. just threw the entire brush away D=
Sometimes I try to imagine a giant version running around in a proportionally fast speed. That really activates my fight or flight response
These little dudes can move 1.3 feet per second which is absolutely insane
Conversion from freedom units 🦅🇺🇲🦅🇺🇲🦅 to metric 🌍🌏 please
396mm/s.
Which is like 396/1000 of a meter!
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I don't have a phobia of bugs, but centipedes really do make my skin crawl.
I think this is deep in the dna of all mammals from like 100 million years ago
I have a strong dislike of centipedes as well. One time years ago I had a terrible dream that a large centipede (one of those big jungle ones) was crawling all over my body. As it raced down my arm I slapped at it, with a jolt of pain my arm went instantly numb as it bit me.
I startled myself awake to realize I was laying on my arm and it had gone completely asleep and was numb. Still one of the scariest dreams I've ever had haha.
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I got stung by one of these once when I was staying at my high-school dormitory which was in the woods and away from city. Apparently it crawled into my slippers while I was sleeping so I had not idea this was going to happen. I wore my slippers and felt a certain pain afterwards. I still remember the hole it put into my foot.
It was not a house centipede but a regular wild one though.
my slovenly ass picked up my dirty t-shirt off the floor in Hawaii and some 30-cm monster came flying out and disappeared underneath the china cabinet, not sure why there was a china cabinet. took me awhile and some soothing from my unflappable lover to decide if I should be really freaking out.
That's huge. I'm glad there is nothing like that here. Did you learn what was it?
no idea but probably just a common million-footed monster that will absolutely spicy bite. we got em in the U.S. midwest, but not quite so big. Ohio people are terrified of sprickets, giant harmless crickets, and they are just part of the dank basement ecosystem
I used to live in an apartment they sometimes showed up in and if I went to take a shower and one of them was in the tub, I would leave. The bathroom was occupied.
A locust flew into my bedroom one summer night. Large, brown, scuttling winged thing with the mass of a tennis ball (exaggeration).
I quietly exited the room and slept in the bathtub. I carefully went one-by-one through my things during the day but I could never locate it, only hear it buzzing somewhere.
I slept in the bathtub for three nights before I my roommate came and flushed it out. By then I was ready to move out.
How about knocking first? Rude.
In a related story: I met with my new housecleaning service a few days ago and told them I had one very special request: DO NOT DISTURB THE SPIDERS IN OUR BEDROOM!! They are my mosquito-munching pets; just mop the floor under them.
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That bug has a voice when I read it in my head, and it is creepy as hell
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I miss r/WhatsThisBug
:(
Also, being able to post images, etc. (guess I am starting to be able to on instances I have joined (just got here in recent weeks))
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Step 1: Obtain Cat
Step 2: Show the cat your roach infestation
Step 3: ???
Step 4: ~~Profit?~~ MEOW?
(Good for getting rid of mice, doesn't do much against roaches... 🤷♂️ At least the cat is warm to hold when I'm sad)
They are fascinating little creatures. They have a bunch of stripes on them, even across their legs. They eat dangerous house pests. They are venomous, but their "bites" are less irritating than a mosquito bite. They also don't technically bite, they envenomate using two modified legs.
I honestly wouldn't care if it stayed at one or two of them, but I know if I leave these things and treat them as pets I will get an infestation in no time.
And with each new one the chances of me feeling one of them walk on my arm increases, and I am not letting that happen.
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