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What are those awful bugs...
August 17, 2018, 08:37 AM
Oat_Action_ManWhat are those awful bugs...
...with like 40 million legs that move 90 mph across the floor or the wall???
We've had a bunch of them in the house lately, including some real huge ones and what look like babies.
What are they and how best can I rid myself of this scourge? Remedies other than killing it with fire?
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August 17, 2018, 08:39 AM
MikeGLIThat Benelli M4.
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Steak: Rare. Coffee: Black. Bourbon: Neat. August 17, 2018, 08:41 AM
BisleyblackhawkI assume you mean these...house centipedes...
Just spray them with insecticide soap takes care of them for me.
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August 17, 2018, 08:47 AM
PASigI see you're in PA too?
I've been seeing a lot of them too in my house, I'm wondering if it's related to the unprecedented amount of rain we've received this summer?
This has been the wettest, rainiest summer I've ever seen in my 45 years on this planet.
August 17, 2018, 08:53 AM
BisleyblackhawkWe've had a wet summer here too and I've killed a few more this year than usual...
They like to live in the crawl spaces under the house...that's why they are called "crawl spaces"
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Seriously...good info on the " many legs of death" here...
https://www.orkin.com/other/ce...des/house-centipede/
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"we've gotta roll with the punches, learn to play all of our hunches
Making the best of what ever comes our way
Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition
Plowing straight ahead come what may
And theres a cowboy in the jungle"
Jimmy Buffet
August 17, 2018, 08:55 AM
Oat_Action_ManThat was my thought too. We live in a remodeled bungalow so our bedrooms are in the basement level. I haven't seen any of them upstairs, just in the bedrooms/downstairs bathroom. I think they are creeping in, at least in part, from the gaps around the plumbing that runs through the slab and/or the weeping system.
At the beginning of the summer there were none, now they're everywhere after all this rain.
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Chuck Norris put the laughter in "manslaughter"
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August 17, 2018, 09:01 AM
petrSupposedly they eat insects and spiders. Harmless to people. Unless one scares the shit out of you and you hurt yourself.
August 17, 2018, 09:14 AM
maladatquote:
Originally posted by Oat_Action_Man:
That was my thought too. We live in a remodeled bungalow so our bedrooms are in the basement level. I haven't seen any of them upstairs, just in the bedrooms/downstairs bathroom. I think they are creeping in, at least in part, from the gaps around the plumbing that runs through the slab and/or the weeping system.
At the beginning of the summer there were none, now they're everywhere after all this rain.
The brand "Great Stuff" of expanding spray foam actually makes a product specifically for blocking pests from entry around plumbing penetrations. It's called "Pestblock."
August 17, 2018, 09:28 AM
Bisleyblackhawk
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"we've gotta roll with the punches, learn to play all of our hunches
Making the best of what ever comes our way
Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition
Plowing straight ahead come what may
And theres a cowboy in the jungle"
Jimmy Buffet
August 17, 2018, 09:34 AM
scsigsI have killer 3-4 in the last 2 months. I have lived in this house for 12 years and have never seen them before.
They absolutely freak my wife out. So far the only place I have seen them is the bathroom, the baseboard is sealed so I am puzzled where they are coming from, drains?
August 17, 2018, 09:36 AM
Pipe SmokerMaybe millipedes…
https://www.pestworld.org/pest...invaders/millipedes/
Serious about crackers August 17, 2018, 09:44 AM
FenderBenderhouse centipedes, I remember having really quite large ones, but they did eat every other bug, and each other.
August 17, 2018, 08:15 PM
henryazAZ's centipede:
August 17, 2018, 09:17 PM
gearhoundsIf you like other more detrimental household pests, by all means kill them. Or, drop a Tupperware over them, slide a piece of paper under, then relocate outside.
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H&K-GuyMy
solution to this problem is simple.
H&K-Guy
August 17, 2018, 09:48 PM
Gustoferquote:
Originally posted by petr:
Harmless to people. Unless one scares the shit out of you and you hurt yourself.
Or they crawl up your nose while you're sleeping.
Yep. Think about that one for a second.
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August 17, 2018, 10:31 PM
egregoreDid it look like one of these?
House centipedes on Bing Images Last week I had one, probably 3-4 inches long, crawling on my wall, much scarier than any spider. I sucked it up in my vacuum cleaner.
August 17, 2018, 10:33 PM
JSB3Lots of them here in MO also. I read they kill spiders and stuff, so if I catch one I just throw outside in the mulch.
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August 18, 2018, 05:43 AM
arfmelquote:
Originally posted by henryaz:
AZ's centipede:
We had those in our old rock house in the hills near Kerrville. My bride killed a big one like that with the little ash shovel from the fireplace. I was so proud of her.
August 18, 2018, 06:14 AM
CooksterIn the Lehigh Valley (Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton) area of PA those are called "thousandleggers".
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