Found it dead in my dishes
It’s a common house centipede.
Generally good critters. They do bite though.
That’s a house centipede. They will leave you alone and eat lots of pests.
Thanks for taking the useful approach, rather than parroting the usual drivel
Edit It turns out they feed on bed bugs - surely that should sway a few people.
…And they can detach their legs? I want one!
Just so people who see them aren’t worried, they don’t just eat bed bugs. They will eat basically any insect that is smaller than they are up to and including spiders. I even saw one eating a yellowjacket once. So having house centipedes in your home doesn’t mean that you have bedbugs.
Yeah it means you have house centipedes which is only slightly less bad.
Spiders are creepy but they’re not bad either. Get rid of flies and mosquitos
This advice may not apply to Australia but in general, it’s true.
Do those giant spiders even make webs?
Actually Huntsman’s don’t! They’re the big hairy brown ones that you’ve seen carrying mice on social media. They’re non-venemous and their whole schtick is that they run to catch their prey. They’re incredibly creepy but when I see one I cup+paper it and put it outside. It’ll probably find it’s way back in eventually but not before taking out a few insects in the process.
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Yes, fair
Thats a house centipede. Looks creepy, but its a nice house pet. It eats all of the other, undesireable, pests in your house.
Ok, thanks! Unfortunatelly this one doesnt qualify anymore as a pet but i am sure there are others around in the garden eg
Yep, they are pretty cool ! Until there is no other pests left…
I think it’s a mindflyer parasite. If you hear it talking to you, make sure not to listen.
Don’t let it near your eye holes
Goa’uld
just a hard-working protector house centipede I think. harmless
My brother/sister in christ, have you considered nuking your neighborhood from orbit ?
Oh that’s no problem. Don’t worry about it.
Whenever I hear my wife scream, I know it’s another house centipede I need to trap and throw outside (or smash and kill if I’m pressed on time)
Might as well kill it then as they don’t survive well outside if at all. They are a good beneficial insect that will hunt and kill bad insects in and around your home.
Yeah well they shouldn’t have so many legs if they want to be in my home!
Do what I did and weld your house out of 20mm steel plate and have tightly controlled, thoroughly monitored and analyzed airflow, with a single two-stage entry hallway for washing off and inspecting your terran exploration suit and all acquisitions before entering your home.
I can pull a serious vacuum on this bitch, nothing’s getting in unless I want it in.
I can pull a serious vacuum on this bitch, nothing’s getting in unless I want it in.
But for keeping things out you want positive pressure, not negative pressure.
You missed the point, there’s no leakage for it to make any difference.
Besides, this creature isn’t a gas.
Calories
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House centipede. They eat other bugs and while scary looking are harmless. They like spiders appear from time to time without anything being wrong. They’re just looking for other bugs to eat.
They also crawl on the ceiling and fall in your bed while you’re sleeping.
Death. Now burn it or pray for a good afterlife.
What’s the size scale here … is that corn??
It’s a full sized human head.
