House Centipede
Above is a house centipede I caught in our house. It's about 1" long with the rear antennae adding another 1" or so. They dart around. They crawl on the walls. They're carnivorous. I once caught two in the same jar as above and the bigger one chomped down on the smaller one and dragged it around the bottom of the jar for a bit. When I grabbed the jar the next morning, to let them go outside, there was only one in there. Creepy.
October 27th, 2007 @ 8:20 am
Wow, that is creepy. We've had those from time to time. Yikes.
October 27th, 2007 @ 5:42 pm
If you can tolerate their appearance, this isn't actually a bad thing to have living in your home. They are insectivores who eat termites, ants, silverfish and other critters that actually can do harm to your home.
October 29th, 2007 @ 11:09 am
yeah, when we moved into our house we had some giants, and we freaked and killed a bunch of them before I did some web research and learned that they were beneficial. (also that our giants were probably over a decade old!!) sadly, our cats keep the population pretty small, but I figure if they're still around, it's because there are pesky things for them to eat . . .