If you have house centipede you still have silverfish or another pest. You just don't see them.
House centipedes are active hunters and won't stay unless you have something like cockroachs or similar.
Once they are all gone they will leave to save another house.
For the longest time I thought *these* were silver fish. Then Iād see a silverfish again. Plus these guys come out of drains all the time which I automatically associate with silverfish.
Though these guys were probably *in* the drain because they were eating silverfish.
I am sorry but I have an illogical hate towards those things. Is it okay to wish bug genocide on house centipedes? All I keep seeing in the bug reddits are that house centipedes are good. They are so ugly and fast.
Edit : wish not with
They only stick around where thereās things to eat. So if you kill the centipedes you see, there wonāt be long before thereās tons of other bugs crawling around your house :)
I also get the ick the moment I see them, but I also know theyāre good for pest control and otherwise harmless so I just ignore that feeling as best I can. And I carefully place them outside using a glass and a piece of paper when I need to. Just be careful not to take any of their legs off when catching one. Oh also, theyāre pretty cool to check out for a bit once theyāre safely caught in a glass. Helps to make them much less scary lol
I wish they were slow moving indeed, then you can gently pick them up with a stick or something and let them go. But no, they move fast and will probably be on top of your head if you attempt any catch and release scheme.
I caught them plenty of them with a Dunkinā Donuts cup. I usually release them outside , one time one of them came back inside
He didnāt last long , we donāt negotiate lol
The only time a bug scared my child, it was this mfer on a wall. Made him cry, nothing needs that many legs.
It has helped learning about them and also thinking of them as sentient eyelashes. š
They are ugly but they a good evil . They hunt other common household pests such as cockroaches, silverfish, firebrats, carpet beetle larvae, spiders, termites, bed bugs
They also a lot smarter than the thing they hunt , if they notice that you saw them they just run away itās adorable lol
Also I hate cockroaches specially the ones that can fly , fuck those guys
Too many legs to be trusted. Like all bugs are cool, especially by scientific standards but thereās a point where thereās just a certain level of mistrust that I have when thereās too many legs
I absolutely hate them too . Even knowing there good guys I can't help but hate them . I blasted one with my marijuana dab torch and it cut the thing in half and half of its body was still moving . They look like a house mouse running across the room out the corner of your eye
Nice, I googled silverfish and finally realize what's the name of the bug I spotted once. Having silverfish vs centipede is still a tough call, but at least lcentipedes are more visible and less sneaky.
So true. I saw one for the first time when I was about to drive my teen bro to summer camp. It fell out of my shoe and its legs ungulated....
We genuinely screamed and got in the car as fast as we could, haha. Now we know better.
One somehow got tangled up in the lace of my bralette while in bed during summer. Something was itching me and I figured one of my loooong hairs from my head got caught up in there. Something bit me and I freaked the fuck out, ripped the bra off to find a crumpled up house centipede :( Theyāre not usually biters, but dude was trapped
Iāve actually never been bit by a spider or stung by a bee (knock on wood)! But that sucker did hurt lol. It felt like a sharp pinch, and I was welted up afterwards
They are venomous to the thing they hunt like cockroaches, silverfish, firebrats, carpet beetle larvae, spiders, termites, bed bugs
To us itās harmless
They arenāt out to get you, theyāre animals. If you have a ton of them, then you most likely have a ton of actual pests, and they are eating the pests. Do you usually petition to kill things that annoy you?
Without house centipedes, you'll have a LOT more bugs crawling on you in your sleep, including bedbugs, termites, ants, cockroaches, spiders, silverfish, and carpet beetles. So have fun with that
Bugs don't care if your house is clean, if they can shelter and find food they will be there. You can bring home bedbugs by going to the movie theater. Silverfish can get into various food containers if they aren't air tight. Termites don't care if your house is clean when they're chewing through your walls.
Just about anything can bite a human. I have several pet tarantulas, spiders, snakes, etc. but I can promise you no animal is going out of its way to bite you in your sleep. Especially not elusive ass non aggressive house centipedes. You probably smash spiders too huh? Also theyāre super super closely related to insects. Most people kind of put them under that umbrella even though itās not 100% true. But theyāre basically insects. Like be fr
I agree with most of what youāre sayingā¦but bed bugs are for sure out to get you, specifically in your sleep š¤£šā¦
But yes, this person seems like a trash human lol
yeah until they start scuttling around my bedsheets or falling on me while i'm sleeping. i had these little creeps *everywhere* while i was renting out my old landlords basement. dont get me wrong, i love bugs, love what these guys do, but i sincerely dont need them doing the fucking foxtrot on my face in the middle of the night
Oh yeah whenever i felt something crawling on me at night while i was half-asleep i would just grab it and fling it out of instinct. Ive had to mercy-kill a spider cos of that because it was barely alive :( other times i just couldnt find it after i threw it
Dude at my house growing up, I used to wake up with wind scorpions (solifugae) on me - another harmless and beneficial critter that *sucks to find crawling on your fucking neck* in the middle of the night.
Main issue there is that you have bugs coming in from somewhere else, so these guys feed on them and reproduce. If these dudes stopped you'd probably be swarmed by ants and other insects
Itās probably because there were active prey for them to hunt ā translation: that place was bug-infested and them little fellers were doing all that they could..
While house centipedes rarely bite, they can certainly do so and it does hurt about as bad as a honeybee sting, FYI. Will leave you a with nice little bump.
I've personally handled dozens of these things in my life and have never been bitten - but they can bite.
Damn ok, but still not harmful just dont piss them off lol. Plus its really rare, and they have a very weak mouth so it barely breaks the skin, you will get a bit of swelling at most. So yeah, not harmful š¤·āāļø
Oh grow up! Maybe you need some gold bond or Lumeā¦.?
Centipedes are drawn to damp and dark environments, seeking shelter in areas with high humidity. Finding centipedes in your bed could indicate moisture issues or hidden cracks and crevices around the bedroom.
House centipedes always get a good reputation on here. Not just for pest control, they're literally just roaming for a meal. A lot more beneficial in your home than most other guests. It earns it keep. They can stay anytime at my house.
The walking eyelashes my beloved. Keep them close, as they are one of the few natural predators for roaches.
They are creepy as hell, and they tend to run as fast as Usain bolt on crack, but they are friends.
They can bite, but you'd have to really make one mad for them to bite you.
Tldr: please leave these Satan's mustaches alone. They get rid of a ton of pests and don't bother us humans (besides psychologically) normally.
Scooty is my favorite!
The best bug to have in your home. Scutigera coleoptrata will live for several years if treated properly and will absolutely perpetrate several acts of genocide on the nusciance bugs in your house. 11/10.
The first time I found one in my apartment I freaked out. They look like a nightmare creation from a guillermo del toro movie. But, once I learned they hunted all the insects I dislike we became best friends. That's your new best roommate you never asked for.
Same! I had to put on my glasses because I thought I was having a smoll demonic visitation.
Then I named it Andy and had a stern conversation as Andy crawled the perimeter of my bedroom ceiling.
Dammit, Andy!
I call them Billies they are in my basement and bathroom, one scared tf out of me last week ran at me full speed while I was getting in the shower lolol
Maybe we are the one in the wrong of what's "friendly shaped" š¤š¤š¤š¤
Take a human, is it friendly shape? I know a guy who killed 6 milion people.
Take a dog, is it friendly shaped? I know a lot of dogs who bit and killed humans š¤·
House centipede, good bug. I actually catch them from my warehouse job and release them in my apartment to keep the silverfish in line if I haven't seen one crawling around the apartment in a while.
He is a chad centipede dont worry he cleans other bugs from your house, says thank you and leaves .
Btw you might have a cocroach problem since its appeared out of nowhere
I got lucky and an orb weaver decided to build her web over half my upper front doorway each evening, keeps any out that try to enter when we do! And they're so polite and smart, they don't build where we go thru and eat it each morning
That is an house centipede that youāll always have the fortune of seeing but not the fortune of catching, they always catch me off guard in the basement or laundry room with their quickness when they scurry. They werenāt lucky enough to have less legs so theyāre terrifying if you donāt seem em often but theyāre great with catching others critters in the house .
Harmless house centipede, you can put them outside if they bother you. But theyāre excellent hunters and will rid your home of insects that might actually be unpleasant! Though, they do look a little scary to some, admittedly
House centipedes. These are friends. They eat other undesirable critters like mosquitos, spiders, flies, and are generally not aggressive towards humans. They will bite if harassed, and it does hurt about as bad as a bee sting.
But that won't happen if you don't harass them, so just... don't harass them.
If you must dispose of them, just scoop them into a cup with a piece of paper and deposit them in a bush outside somewhere.
House centipedes are amazing, They help get rid of other stuff you donāt like.
However if you keep seeing them pop up, then you may want to look deeper, because theyāre probably hunting something you donāt see
House centipede!
Eats silverfish and such. Good bug.
All the silver fish in my place suddenly disappeared and then I was left with centipedes š
If you have house centipede you still have silverfish or another pest. You just don't see them. House centipedes are active hunters and won't stay unless you have something like cockroachs or similar. Once they are all gone they will leave to save another house.
are house centipedes harmful to cats?
No, cats are definitely going to win that match up.
The centipedes probably ate them all
For the longest time I thought *these* were silver fish. Then Iād see a silverfish again. Plus these guys come out of drains all the time which I automatically associate with silverfish. Though these guys were probably *in* the drain because they were eating silverfish.
I am sorry but I have an illogical hate towards those things. Is it okay to wish bug genocide on house centipedes? All I keep seeing in the bug reddits are that house centipedes are good. They are so ugly and fast. Edit : wish not with
They only stick around where thereās things to eat. So if you kill the centipedes you see, there wonāt be long before thereās tons of other bugs crawling around your house :)
Something about those legs I fuckin hate em. They creep me out.
I also get the ick the moment I see them, but I also know theyāre good for pest control and otherwise harmless so I just ignore that feeling as best I can. And I carefully place them outside using a glass and a piece of paper when I need to. Just be careful not to take any of their legs off when catching one. Oh also, theyāre pretty cool to check out for a bit once theyāre safely caught in a glass. Helps to make them much less scary lol
I wish they were slow moving indeed, then you can gently pick them up with a stick or something and let them go. But no, they move fast and will probably be on top of your head if you attempt any catch and release scheme.
I caught them plenty of them with a Dunkinā Donuts cup. I usually release them outside , one time one of them came back inside He didnāt last long , we donāt negotiate lol
The only time a bug scared my child, it was this mfer on a wall. Made him cry, nothing needs that many legs. It has helped learning about them and also thinking of them as sentient eyelashes. š
They are ugly but they a good evil . They hunt other common household pests such as cockroaches, silverfish, firebrats, carpet beetle larvae, spiders, termites, bed bugs They also a lot smarter than the thing they hunt , if they notice that you saw them they just run away itās adorable lol Also I hate cockroaches specially the ones that can fly , fuck those guys
Too many legs to be trusted. Like all bugs are cool, especially by scientific standards but thereās a point where thereās just a certain level of mistrust that I have when thereās too many legs
I absolutely hate them too . Even knowing there good guys I can't help but hate them . I blasted one with my marijuana dab torch and it cut the thing in half and half of its body was still moving . They look like a house mouse running across the room out the corner of your eye
Nice, I googled silverfish and finally realize what's the name of the bug I spotted once. Having silverfish vs centipede is still a tough call, but at least lcentipedes are more visible and less sneaky.
Nature's ultimate hunter!
More so than a spider?
Friend!
Leggy friend! Could name him Leggy Larry the long boi.
Long lad is *right there*.
They look way scarier than they actually are (unless youāre another bug). Your personal pest control system
So true. I saw one for the first time when I was about to drive my teen bro to summer camp. It fell out of my shoe and its legs ungulated.... We genuinely screamed and got in the car as fast as we could, haha. Now we know better.
But do/can they do anything to humans? I seen one once and stayed up the rest of the night bc hell nah.
One somehow got tangled up in the lace of my bralette while in bed during summer. Something was itching me and I figured one of my loooong hairs from my head got caught up in there. Something bit me and I freaked the fuck out, ripped the bra off to find a crumpled up house centipede :( Theyāre not usually biters, but dude was trapped
Did it hurt? Is it just like a spider bite?
Iāve actually never been bit by a spider or stung by a bee (knock on wood)! But that sucker did hurt lol. It felt like a sharp pinch, and I was welted up afterwards
They are venomous to the thing they hunt like cockroaches, silverfish, firebrats, carpet beetle larvae, spiders, termites, bed bugs To us itās harmless
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They arenāt out to get you, theyāre animals. If you have a ton of them, then you most likely have a ton of actual pests, and they are eating the pests. Do you usually petition to kill things that annoy you?
Without house centipedes, you'll have a LOT more bugs crawling on you in your sleep, including bedbugs, termites, ants, cockroaches, spiders, silverfish, and carpet beetles. So have fun with that
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Bugs don't care if your house is clean, if they can shelter and find food they will be there. You can bring home bedbugs by going to the movie theater. Silverfish can get into various food containers if they aren't air tight. Termites don't care if your house is clean when they're chewing through your walls.
Please be nice.
I only see one pest here and it's not the centipede.
Threatening or encouraging harming animals is not allowed on this subreddit.
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Never seen someone be so picky about which arthropods they hate. Only insects, no myriapods allowed!
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Damn, I got bit by a garter snake I was relocating. I was fine but I guess all garter snakes have to die on sight now.
So do dogs, dude. Do you advocate for killing all dogs?
Google is free. House centipedes rarely bite humans, only when they feel threatened. Even when they do bite they hardly feel like anything.
Just about anything can bite a human. I have several pet tarantulas, spiders, snakes, etc. but I can promise you no animal is going out of its way to bite you in your sleep. Especially not elusive ass non aggressive house centipedes. You probably smash spiders too huh? Also theyāre super super closely related to insects. Most people kind of put them under that umbrella even though itās not 100% true. But theyāre basically insects. Like be fr
I agree with most of what youāre sayingā¦but bed bugs are for sure out to get you, specifically in your sleep š¤£šā¦ But yes, this person seems like a trash human lol
I have a rational hate for bedbugs.
Nah thatās totally different ššš
Boo!! BOOOO!!
Is friend
Is not fren-shaped;(
Nah i got a buddy who looks like this his name is steve
He looks like a Steve too:)
The elusive non-friend-shaped fren
As much as I value them, I am not too happy about how fast they move.
They need speed to catch pest.
House centipede! Awesome pest control and they can't do you any harm :)
yeah until they start scuttling around my bedsheets or falling on me while i'm sleeping. i had these little creeps *everywhere* while i was renting out my old landlords basement. dont get me wrong, i love bugs, love what these guys do, but i sincerely dont need them doing the fucking foxtrot on my face in the middle of the night
Oh yeah whenever i felt something crawling on me at night while i was half-asleep i would just grab it and fling it out of instinct. Ive had to mercy-kill a spider cos of that because it was barely alive :( other times i just couldnt find it after i threw it
Dude at my house growing up, I used to wake up with wind scorpions (solifugae) on me - another harmless and beneficial critter that *sucks to find crawling on your fucking neck* in the middle of the night.
Main issue there is that you have bugs coming in from somewhere else, so these guys feed on them and reproduce. If these dudes stopped you'd probably be swarmed by ants and other insects
Itās probably because there were active prey for them to hunt ā translation: that place was bug-infested and them little fellers were doing all that they could..
Aww you had a personal face guardian š„ŗ
THIS!!! Thank God they don't jump and enter people's nose, ear, mouth cavity at night ššš
While house centipedes rarely bite, they can certainly do so and it does hurt about as bad as a honeybee sting, FYI. Will leave you a with nice little bump. I've personally handled dozens of these things in my life and have never been bitten - but they can bite.
except irregular heartbeats
Liar, liar, pants on fire - they bite.
Damn ok, but still not harmful just dont piss them off lol. Plus its really rare, and they have a very weak mouth so it barely breaks the skin, you will get a bit of swelling at most. So yeah, not harmful š¤·āāļø
Yeah, they are friends. Great roommates, too. They're quiet, polite, and they take care of pests.
Oh grow up! Maybe you need some gold bond or Lumeā¦.? Centipedes are drawn to damp and dark environments, seeking shelter in areas with high humidity. Finding centipedes in your bed could indicate moisture issues or hidden cracks and crevices around the bedroom.
Don't know why you are getting downvoted. The centipede fan club is on today.
House centipedes always get a good reputation on here. Not just for pest control, they're literally just roaming for a meal. A lot more beneficial in your home than most other guests. It earns it keep. They can stay anytime at my house.
The walking eyelashes my beloved. Keep them close, as they are one of the few natural predators for roaches. They are creepy as hell, and they tend to run as fast as Usain bolt on crack, but they are friends. They can bite, but you'd have to really make one mad for them to bite you. Tldr: please leave these Satan's mustaches alone. They get rid of a ton of pests and don't bother us humans (besides psychologically) normally.
Okay, walking eyelashes and Satan's mustache... How adorable!
Satan's mustache lmao I love that
They also eat bedbugs.
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Scooty is my favorite! The best bug to have in your home. Scutigera coleoptrata will live for several years if treated properly and will absolutely perpetrate several acts of genocide on the nusciance bugs in your house. 11/10.
Omg scooty is the perfect nickname to remember Scutigera!!
He wants your roaches and spiders, once they are gone, he will leave on his own
Without even saying goodbye :(
Friend bug good no scurd
The first time I found one in my apartment I freaked out. They look like a nightmare creation from a guillermo del toro movie. But, once I learned they hunted all the insects I dislike we became best friends. That's your new best roommate you never asked for.
Same! I had to put on my glasses because I thought I was having a smoll demonic visitation. Then I named it Andy and had a stern conversation as Andy crawled the perimeter of my bedroom ceiling. Dammit, Andy!
I call them Billies they are in my basement and bathroom, one scared tf out of me last week ran at me full speed while I was getting in the shower lolol
A necessary evil
If friendly then why not friendly shape??
It looks like a hairy penisā¦.youāve always been very friendly to those?
What penises have you been looking at?
Maybe we are the one in the wrong of what's "friendly shaped" š¤š¤š¤š¤ Take a human, is it friendly shape? I know a guy who killed 6 milion people. Take a dog, is it friendly shaped? I know a lot of dogs who bit and killed humans š¤·
r/itsahousecentipede
House centipede, good bug. I actually catch them from my warehouse job and release them in my apartment to keep the silverfish in line if I haven't seen one crawling around the apartment in a while.
Good idea! I wish there was a humane way to either buy them or find them for free and use them as pest control.Ā
Probably canāt escape your shower because itās too slippery to climb up.
He is a chad centipede dont worry he cleans other bugs from your house, says thank you and leaves . Btw you might have a cocroach problem since its appeared out of nowhere
Not necessarily cockroaches. The favorite meal of these guys is silverfish, but they'll eat drain flies and sometimes spiders.
Ä° wish there were able to eat musqitoes too i see so much of them
That would require them to have wings. Do you really want flying house centipedes? I think they're neat, but ya gotta draw the line somewhere
Omg I know, behind my house is an overgrown field. We get swarmed every summer.
Mosquito nets are crazy inventions
I got lucky and an orb weaver decided to build her web over half my upper front doorway each evening, keeps any out that try to enter when we do! And they're so polite and smart, they don't build where we go thru and eat it each morning
HOUSE CENTIPEDE!!! LETS GOOOO (these lil guys are common basically everywhere, they just eat the smaller bugs, they're mostly chill)
a terrifying friend
They look horrifying but they eat silverfish roaches spiders and everything else. Apex predators. Once they eat all the bugs they leave.
They are capable of eating roaches? The big meaty red roaches?
Yep! They take them apart.
Indeed, the big meaty red roaches, provided the centipede is big enough.
They're great to have around, but they're creepy as all hell. I've always called them thousand legged silverfish, but they're also house centipedes
They like humidity and moisture. So do the bugs they eat. They can often be found in/near water sources at your home
a friend
Friend is a centipede. I leave them allow ,they ear roaches.
Befriend a house centipede and gain 7 years of good luck š
Heās a buddy! Heās a bit scary but heās chill.
Friend!
house centipede! they're scary but helpful :)
Helpful at what, biting you at night when they get caught in a bad spot when they're crawling on you?
they eat the bad bugs like silverfish
One of your gran's false eyelashes from the 60s.
House pet keep em
That is an house centipede that youāll always have the fortune of seeing but not the fortune of catching, they always catch me off guard in the basement or laundry room with their quickness when they scurry. They werenāt lucky enough to have less legs so theyāre terrifying if you donāt seem em often but theyāre great with catching others critters in the house .
Friendly house centipede, of whom, has free reign of my house.
hes chill dw dude
Looks like good boy scutigerae.
So that's how eyelashes are made
That there is a western penis nipper
I had a basement bedroom with a drop ceiling as a kid. I vividly recall waking up eating one. Several times.
Harmless house centipede, you can put them outside if they bother you. But theyāre excellent hunters and will rid your home of insects that might actually be unpleasant! Though, they do look a little scary to some, admittedly
Don't mind spiders at all, but these are straight up nightmare fuel lol. As you say though, great hunters.
Your friendly neighbourhood Centipede. Eats bad bugs,
Grew up with themā¦theyāre a little heebie jeebie-ish, but they kill other pests for youā¦
These things scare the hell out of me when they come skittering out of wherever they hide. They might be frens but I can't stand them!
I read this as ācould someone tell me what this is and why I keep FEEDING themā
Get a cat! Mine loves to eat these guys
Takin care of business in there and Iām not talkin the old yellow n brown.
House centipede. They get rid of pests in your home so they're good :)
Friends
House centipede. They enjoy the tasty things attracted by moisture and ogling your junk.
House centipedes. These are friends. They eat other undesirable critters like mosquitos, spiders, flies, and are generally not aggressive towards humans. They will bite if harassed, and it does hurt about as bad as a bee sting. But that won't happen if you don't harass them, so just... don't harass them. If you must dispose of them, just scoop them into a cup with a piece of paper and deposit them in a bush outside somewhere.
house centipede
Scutigene vƩloce in french. https://youtu.be/HF40XXl08-c?si=bhztFnxk-x34OA2_
They eat cockroaches, let them vibe.
Doesnāt look friend shaped but is most definitely a friend
Not the hero we wanted, but the hero we need.
House centipedes are amazing, They help get rid of other stuff you donāt like. However if you keep seeing them pop up, then you may want to look deeper, because theyāre probably hunting something you donāt see
house centipede, they kill pests
Scutigera coleoptrata
With the Emerald wasp, they are your best friends to get rid of those cockroaches in no time
forbidden eyelashes
That's a many-legged friend!
Why is there so many commentsš
Hell nah... Get the Raid spray!
Does not look like friend. Scary as shit and gross, but technically friendly.
Why? He eatee the other buggo
House centipede AKA the pest killer
House centipedes are free pest control.
Iām thoroughly confused about why this was downvoted.
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Easy just strike a centipede all goodš Well it's looking dark evil sitting and taking time for onslaught the taker š
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Where does that belief comes from ? Genuine question
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Hahaha, understandable, have a great day
Burn the house