My basement spiders get them. I love my basement spiders.
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?
What Kind of animal is this?
House centipede
does it bite
Nope!
Ackshually, it stings, its forcipules aren't a part of its mouth π€
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 momβs house def bite, itβs very painful. Sometimes you need to go to the hospital.
Basically never walk around my momβs house barefoot.
It is harmless to people
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?
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
Size of a bus, thundering down the freeway at 450 miles an hour
Each leg causing a sonic boom with each step
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
These little dudes can move 1.3 feet per second which is absolutely insane
Conversion from freedom units π¦ πΊπ²π¦ πΊπ²π¦ to metric ππ please
396mm/s.
Which is like 396/1000 of a meter!
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.
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.
I love house spiders
That bug has a voice when I read it in my head, and it is creepy as hell
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))
Are you on iNaturalist yet? It's similar in that you can try to identify all kinds of organisms that get uploaded and you never run out of new ones :)
No, I guess those subs I slowly got interested in but I really haven't been proactive about looking for other sources. I'll definitely check it out. Thanks.
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... π€·ββοΈ 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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