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[–]Agesilas 109 points110 points ago

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A teacher at my school did an experiment with sugar inside of test tubes but didn't clean them out and just shoved them back into the science room. Fast Forward to when I needed test tubes, I opened the cupboard to get them and each one was filled with the corpse of one of these guys. They got in, ate the sugar and then couldn't back out.

[–]neonsteven 140 points141 points ago

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Now we know how to take them out! Spread the word.

[–]snorlaxsnooz 97 points98 points ago

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Looks like the yanks figured em out! 'Bout bloody time!

[–]Prufrock451 62 points63 points ago

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Today we celebrate our Independence Day!

[–]blacksteyraug 21 points22 points ago

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This is why I love Reddit.

[–]gxslim 15 points16 points ago

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In the words of my generation. UP VOTE YOURS

[–]Prufrock451 8 points9 points ago

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Weren't for us you'd be speakin centipedish!

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points ago

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I have obtained valuable intelligence at the expense of a fallen comrade. These creatures like dark, wet spaces. My brother was killed before he could tell me more.

[–]geeklimit 4 points5 points ago

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..- ... . / ... ..- --. .- .-. / .. -. / - . ... - / - ..- -... . ...

[–]mypetridish 8 points9 points ago

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you should write a paper about this. Agesilas, phD. Sounds good.

[–]TheColorYellow 7 points8 points ago

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This post needs to be at the top, so we know how to combat them!

[–]SenatorVreenak 5 points6 points ago

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They are carnivorous, and I doubt their mouth parts are adapted for sucking sticky goop. I think some alternate explanation is more likely.

[–]cdgks 5 points6 points ago

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agreed, they're insectivores so my guess would be another insect (ant or fly etc) got trapped eating the sugar then the centipede ate the insect and got stuck. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutigera_coleoptrata

[–]Agesilas 2 points3 points ago

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There were an assortment of little critters inside the tubes, so this is a very distinct possibility.

[–]zegolf 80 points81 points ago

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House Centipede

Nothing creepier than seeing one of these run across your floor when you're just sitting there.

[–]neblasian 74 points75 points ago*

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I live in Barbados, a tropical island. These things are one of the reasons we moved to another district. There were breeding under our cellar, right underneath my sister's bedroom. At night they would sometime climb between the cracks of the wood to enter. All my sister would hear is this constant rattling noise, reminding her that there are coming. Sometimes all she would see is their antennas and stingers protruding as they force their way in.

[Edit]Since you guys found this interesting I will give another spine tingling story. My grandmother's husband awoke from sleeping one night. The minute he opened his eyes, he saw a big black one at eye level crawling slowly on his chest. He had to hold his breath and wait until the motherfucker took its time and creep off his body, for he would have experienced the worst pain in his life.

[–]zegolf 43 points44 points ago

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This might be one of the creepiest things I've ever read.

[–]mcknicker 24 points25 points ago

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Soon.

[–]edster2003 9 points10 points ago

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That is horrifying.

[–]vashjunky 2 points3 points ago

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good quip for r/nosleep

[–]random314 2 points3 points ago

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wait their bites hurt? I thought these guys are harmless to us because their bites aren't strong enough to penetrate skin.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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You're thinking of harvestmen/daddy longlegs, which are a different type of creepy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opiliones

House centipedes don't usually bite unless squashed or something, but I guess their bite can be painful when it happens. The ones I've dealt with mostly just shed some of their legs when bumped and disappear under a baseboard where you know it's waiting until you're asleep. And then the legs that have fallen off keep twitching for a few seconds, which is a whole other sort of creepy.

Sometimes my cat will find one and bat at it until all the legs have fallen off, and later I'll find it dead and it'll just be the body part. Ugh.

[–]Exomnium 25 points26 points ago

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It may often be seen darting across floors with very great speed, occasionally stopping suddenly and remaining absolutely motionless, presently to resume its rapid movements, often darting directly at inmates of the house, particularly women, evidently with a desire to conceal itself beneath their dresses, and thus creating much consternation.

[–][deleted] 30 points31 points ago

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[–]WtfWhereAreMyClothes 23 points24 points ago

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I HATE THEM. they're always in my bathtub and every time I see one I take a shower head and tsunami the fucker.

[–]jwoo0303 11 points12 points ago

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...they crawl back out you know.

I learned this the hard way and I am terrified.

[–]WtfWhereAreMyClothes 22 points23 points ago

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I thought it was just always a new one... Usually they look pretty dead when they get sucked down there... Right?

... Right?

... Guys?

[–]deadwisdom 9 points10 points ago

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I'm afraid you are wrong. Also they have taken your clothes.

[–]Stereo_Panic 2 points3 points ago

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They're like Gremlins. When you get them wet it causes them to split and turn into more centipedes. It also makes them very angry. There's probably 200-300 of them down there just waiting for you to fall asleep...

[–]snobum 17 points18 points ago

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Thank you! I moved to DC a year ago and had never seen them before. Now I see them all the time and they are creepy as hell.

I will say I am DEATHLY afraid of spiders, but can usually handle killing a spider. These things are like 20 spiders in one!

[–]jeffroeq 17 points18 points ago

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After reading this, I'm leaving them alone. Spiders + House Centipedes = formidable fortress against all other insects.

[–]pp7k 9 points10 points ago*

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I'm with you. I hate the other insects. The enemy of my enemy is my friend ally.

EDIT: ally, not friend. Thx redleg86.

[–]deckman 6 points7 points ago

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It's probably creepier when you feel something weird and see it crawling up your leg. But that's just me.

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[–]ravemaster7 6 points7 points ago

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Real Monsters

[–]DawnDroid 2 points3 points ago

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Thanks for clearing up wtf it was

[–]rejectedstone 71 points72 points ago

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When I was very young my father told me they climb on your face when you are sleeping to mate with your eyebrows... Heaps of childhood trauma...

[–]watchtan 30 points31 points ago

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epic troll dad

[–]Spaghetee 5 points6 points ago

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My friend's sister woke up with one on her face and nobody thought anything of it because they thought it was her eyebrow..

Needless to say, it was probably a traumatizing moment when the eyebrow crawled down her face and retreated to the basement

[–]afrotronics 2 points3 points ago

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Fire does not work, I have tried. They are quite good at playing dead.

[–]Luckycheater 68 points69 points ago

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I used to work in a basement office..these fucking things would randomly drop from the ceiling onto our desks....drop from the ceiling....why? why do these things have any need to climb to the ceiling and let go over my desk? There is no evolutionary or biological need for them to do so.....this leads me to one conclusion: they do it for the pleasure of freaking us out. Fuck. Everything. About. These.

[–]Spoonofdarkness 85 points86 points ago

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They feed on spiders and insects... And fear. Your sweet delicious fear.

[–]shwiggy 21 points22 points ago

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Yep, you just made me look up.

[–]JinanReddit 6 points7 points ago

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And the second you look up, it falls on your face.

[–]wilhrt 6 points7 points ago

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I live/work in my basement (18 hrs a day in here) I experience a similar phenomenon.

But I've learned to be quick with them, so once I see one I'm usually 5 steps away from a surestart lighter (you know those long ones?)

So I burn them. My entire ceiling is covered in burn marks and one day the house will burn down, but then I will have won the war.

[–]kamiikoneko 2 points3 points ago

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Quitting my job right now thanks bye

[–]bigdaddyhame 32 points33 points ago

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When I lived in a basement apartment years ago my roommate and I used to catch these things as well as the local spiders and set them off against eachother in a big jar we called the "Circus Minimus" - the spiders were pretty good at winning - we had one badass that beat three of those fuckers before it succumbed to (presumably) exhaustion.

[–]ContentFarmer 24 points25 points ago

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[–]BluSn0 12 points13 points ago

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Wait wait, you can CATCH them??? those things travel so fast they damn near phase through solid objects!

[–]phld21 2 points3 points ago

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That is epic. Why didn't I ever think of this? So many spiders and house centipedes needlessly smashed with a rolled up magazine.

[–]se7eneyes 22 points23 points ago

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My cat attacks them and breaks off all of their legs and watches it die.

My cat is a sick fuck

[–]wise_comment 28 points29 points ago

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naw, your cat is a good American

[–]Misha2011 4 points5 points ago

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My cat once caught one, licked it into her mouth, spat it back out with no legs, then licked it up again and ate it.

[–]ANonMouse42 121 points122 points ago

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i have those. this photo is actually kinda cute. these things are fast as fuck and EAT SPIDERS.

[–]MikePriceWrites 84 points85 points ago

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I had one in my shower a few weeks ago. I turned on the water, unleashed an epic flood onto his world, and washed him down the drain. The next day, he was right back in the same spot. I don't fuck with him anymore.

[–]wkdown 36 points37 points ago

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I did the same a few days ago and haven't seen him since.

Now I wonder what he is plotting ...

[–]mypetridish 70 points71 points ago

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buttsex! it will enter your anus tonight

[–]Suyi 7 points8 points ago

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he's not sleeping ever!! :D

[–]wkdown 7 points8 points ago

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omfg. I am deeply frightened. Have an upvote for the warning.

[–]space-bird 2 points3 points ago

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that is seriously disturbing

[–]peanut_crisis 2 points3 points ago

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Tonight. You.

[–]TheKingOfPoon 4 points5 points ago

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HANDBANANA NO!

[–]Honda_TypeR 153 points154 points ago

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I will take a spider over these all week long.

I had one of these things pwn my face as a lil kid and it damaged me for life!!

I was sitting on the couch and this long ass full grown one (maybe 6 inches+) jumps off the curtain onto my hair and promptly runs directly down my eyes, nose, mouth and onto my shirt and took off down my leg and off the couch. All these years later and I still can't scrub the filth out of my soul! :(

[–]tacezi 47 points48 points ago

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In 8th grade I thought I had a shirt with a really annoying and itchy tag. After half an hour of trying to fix it I went to the locker room, took my shirt off, and one of these fell out. There was much stomping and yelling and crying and I still hate stiff shirt tags.

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points ago

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I was really high one night, and I was just laying in bed and thinking. I heard a "raindrop" land softly next to my head. After thinking for a bit, I realized that rain in my room was an impossibility, so I slowly turned my head to the right to investigate. There on my pillow was a massive one of these devils, staring right at me. I jumped out of bed, and he crawled into my sheets. I was too high to do anything about it, so I got back into bed and went to sleep.

I woke up the next morning, realized what I had done, and decided to never smoke again. I HATE these things.

[–][deleted] 21 points22 points ago

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I had returned home after a feast consisting of taco bell and spicy Thai food. The resulting mixing of Thai and taco bell decided to have an ethnic turf war in my stomach, forcing me to rush to the bathroom lest I incur the wrath of the culinary Gods away from the commode. Anyway, during a long and fiery bout of taco bell induced bowel hell, I discover one of these fuckers sitting in my boxers, with another one crawling up out of the air vent in the floor next to the toilet.

Needless to say I shrieked in terror, and evacuated my bowels even more forcefully than I had been.

Side note, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO NOT MIX THAI AND TACO BELL!

[–]spirited1 4 points5 points ago

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well that was a shitty experience

[–]NorFla 2 points3 points ago

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he resulting mixing of Thai and taco bell decided to have an ethnic turf war in my stomach, forcing me to rush to the bathroom lest I incur the wrath of the culinary Gods away from the commode. Anyway, during a long and fiery bout of taco bell induced bowel hell...

Omg.... Have all my internets for the day.

[–]raptor3x 10 points11 points ago

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My girlfriend and I call these things spidertrains.

[–]NonPermissive 22 points23 points ago

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You mean they eat the things that eat flies and mosquitoes? Yeah, fuck these things.

Thankfully, spiders eat the younger of these bastards too.

[–]Melnorme 11 points12 points ago

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They also eat cockroaches, silverfish, ants and many other nasty household pests. The only thing they want to do is hunt bugs in the dark.

[–]semi-mysogynist 14 points15 points ago

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Enemy of my enemy is my friend. Especially against spiders

[–]BangEmSmurf 10 points11 points ago

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But, these things are the enemy as well, making spiders your friend.

[–]anonymousanger 34 points35 points ago

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Nope. No friends. Kill everything.

[–]JEveryman 4 points5 points ago

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And Roaches, and bedbugs. They are creepy as fuck, but I'd rather have Centipedes than roaches or bedbugs.

[–]tacezi 15 points16 points ago

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Upvote for fast and eating spiders. Last month I was clearing cobwebs when one of these monsters comes out of nowhere, grabs a small spider off the wall, and runs away to idk where.

[–]ANonMouse42 28 points29 points ago

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they do not fuck around. there is a battle among them and spiders, and they usually win. that being said, my feet are tucked WAY the hell up behind my butt right now in the chair i am on.

[–]The_MAZZTer 8 points9 points ago

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I discovered these things called shoes, they work pretty good for anti-insect purposes.

[–]i_cum_sprinkles 17 points18 points ago

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Shoes in the house?! That's insanity.

[–]carmenqueasy 5 points6 points ago

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I....I like sprinkles....

[–]Spoonofdarkness 37 points38 points ago

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That'll do centipede... That'll do.

[–]Xaiz 5 points6 points ago

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I shouldn't be surprised that the top comment would be something along the lines of that being cute, Because that is what i was about to say.

[–]Aethari 2 points3 points ago

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I agree, he actually looks pretty cute in that picture. I don't mind house centipedes that much myself; they eat everything else and don't surprise me by building webs in shit.

[–]mpchwm 15 points16 points ago

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My cats recently chased one down and beat it to death. In my fucking shoe. The body doesn't look nearly as creepy without the legs but the legs are a bitch to clean out of a shoe.

[–]twofreecents 24 points25 points ago

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Clean out the shoe? You mean burn the shoe. After carrying it outside to your trashcan with very long tongs. And then put your trashcan at the curb with a sign taped on top reading "Can itself is also trash."

[–]forcedByBoy 11 points12 points ago

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The body doesn't look nearly as creepy without the legs

Are you sure? Because I just went pee-pee a little.

[–]RattusRattus 2 points3 points ago

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My bf's dog chased on into the house, and into the rat cage. The rats ate it. Sometimes it's good to have garbage disposals as pets.

[–]IAmA_Kitty_AMA 2 points3 points ago

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Would you rather that we leave a live one in your shoe?

[–]was_that_a_haiku 15 points16 points ago

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If you have these, you will not have cockroaches. They are mortal enemies.

[–]newgnij 21 points22 points ago

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i wish this were true.. cockroaches in the kitchen, these in my bedroom.. :(

[–]deadwisdom 12 points13 points ago

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Your house is on a battle-line. Move it a few meters one direction. Problem solved. Or exacerbated. I can't tell which.

[–]phld21 5 points6 points ago

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Clearly they have each staked out their territories and negotiated an unstable truce.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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You just have to start insinuating things to each side.

[–]dljens 2 points3 points ago

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yo house centipedes, i heard the cockroaches said you guys suck

[–]SnDin9 13 points14 points ago

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Anyone else just get itchy everywhere?

[–]2thuggedout 27 points28 points ago

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I judge insect by their speed and the manner in which they carry themselves. Spiders and ants are good people. These things and cockroaches are shady, they're not to be trusted.

[–]showbiz 38 points39 points ago

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I have a general rule that the more legs you have, the less trustworthy you are. Take a slug or a snail for example... great guys! And I'm right there with you when it comes to fireflies, ladybugs, ants... good people. But 8 legs? c'mon now, that's pushing it. Ticks, spiders, scorpions... bunch of assholes. Now when it comes to ANY kind of centipede or millipede.. fuck those guys. Douche bags.

[–]eof99 11 points12 points ago

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Millipedes are actually awesome bugs. They are herbivores and are very gentle and slow. They just mosey around eating dead plant material all day. They have no interest in houses either, unlike centipedes which love household piping systems and walls. Their legs are tiny and they can't even bite or sting, the only defense they have is to coil up and hope for the best.

[–]showbiz 12 points13 points ago

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Wow. I want one. I will name him "li'l showbiz"

[–]geraldfjord 12 points13 points ago

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A few weeks ago I woke up for no reason at about 4 am. As I tried to get back to sleep, I reached for my phone to check reddit, Facebook, you know, the usual. I felt something near my elbow, though.

I looked down, using the dull blue glow of my phone to see what, if anything, had caused this disturbance. What I saw was the back end of one fucks as it continued up the sleeve of my t-shirt.

I reacted as any man would, by jumping out of bed and getting completely nude in under five seconds. I have since described the maneuver as "La Cucaracha-ing My Clothes Off."

I never found the asshole, either. Nor did I sleep in that bed for a week.

[–]another_guy_montag 41 points42 points ago

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They are good for your household actually.

[–]ODasiti 111 points112 points ago

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Yeah they eat all the other bugs plus they like to cuddle with you while you sleep. You think you're forever alone but you're wrong!

[–]ANonMouse42 65 points66 points ago

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plus they clean your ears at night! they like a clean spot to lay the eggs....

[–]MissSpicyMcHaggis 36 points37 points ago

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i'm never sleeping again

[–]the_aptly_named 36 points37 points ago

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I just turded my pants.

[–]urbanplowboy 13 points14 points ago

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I heard for every one of these you see, there are actually two in your ears right now.

[–]neblasian 15 points16 points ago

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what the fuck is wrong with you people, that thing is horrible

[–]another_guy_montag 11 points12 points ago

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Thats why I sleep on the floor, more love for me!

[–]Spoonofdarkness 6 points7 points ago

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They particularly like to cuddle in ones mouth. A sleeping human makes the best hot tub for these friendly little guys.

Don't they deserve a hot tub?

[–]Testiclese 12 points13 points ago

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Awwwwwwww! That's adorable! After they climb out of your mouth, they can curl up in your pubic area, wrapping themselves tightly in your pubes, to "towel" off.

[–]NonPermissive 2 points3 points ago*

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They eat spiders, which eat flies and mosquitoes. They may eat other things that have an impact on humans, but I hate flies and mosquitoes.

[–]midnitewarrior 2 points3 points ago

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They are good for the bottom of my shoe.

[–]gbimmer 3 points4 points ago

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If you're an animal that survives by eating disgusting bugs.

[–]another_guy_montag 2 points3 points ago

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They eat lesser and more dangerous bugs.

[–]ipathsk8er667 12 points13 points ago

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One of these walked across my room the other day. My whole house shook.

[–]LoonieBun 4 points5 points ago

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From the creature or from your trembling fear? :-)

[–]wise_comment 6 points7 points ago

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yes

[–]pelanderfunk 19 points20 points ago

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They're not that bad -- my brother and I used to catch them and hold them up to our noses to pretend they were mustaches. They tickle like hell, though...

[–]friednoodles 43 points44 points ago

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what the actual fuck...

[–]space-bird 4 points5 points ago

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i wish i could be so suave about making any form of physical contact with these creatures

[–]NonPermissive 9 points10 points ago

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I am not fucking anything about these things.

[–]msblaster 7 points8 points ago

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I call them speedy bugs, cause they are fast. I've only ever had them when I lived in a basement apartment in Toronto. Since moving to the country, I have yet to see one. Gross.

Oh... and yadda yadda kill it with fire.

[–]devilsadvocated 8 points9 points ago

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Think of them as the Vampires, and the spiders as the Lycans. It's like that only with less Kate Beckinsale.

[–]DawnDroid 6 points7 points ago

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Once I tried to cut one in half and its back poky ass reaches all the way up ,extended and stabbed my hand, I was 8, never did it again.

[–]spotj 13 points14 points ago

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I just moved into a really old house and these shits are everywhere. I have been able to significantly reduce their population because I take every chance I get TO MURDER THEM. Pledge, Raid, shoes, box of dryer sheets, a drum stick, Bounty (the quicker picker upper). These are the devices of man unhinged by torment from peeds. A bunch of spiders could throw an arachnid party on my face and I wouldn't care. But these. Mother. Fuckin. PEEEEEEEEDS!!!1

[–]JesterOfBuckingham 7 points8 points ago

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Haha, you killed it with bounty... Did you collect a reward?

[–]RattusRattus 4 points5 points ago

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FYI: If you pour boiling water on them they turn bright purple. I found one in my sink while making tea.

[–]TheyveGone2Plaid[S] 35 points36 points ago

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Went to shower this morning and one of these fell out of my shower curtain and onto my arm. Needless to say I shrieked like a little girl. Even if someone raped and murdered my entire family right in front of me, I still would not hate them as much as I hate these things.

[–]tacezi 110 points111 points ago

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Protip: If you see one in the top corner of the shower while you are drying your hair DO NOT blow the hair dryer on it. DO NOT ever even use a hair dryer in the same room. I saw one in the bathroom and thought it would gtfo if I shot some hot dry air at it. Reality is it let loose from the wall and floated around like the bag in American Beauty.

The only thing worse than a centipede in the bathroom is a damn flying centipede.

[–]mpchwm 40 points41 points ago

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damn flying centipede

Well, I know what my next nightmare will be about.

[–]EnderofDragon 22 points23 points ago

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If they teamed up with Flying Scorpions we would be in real trouble.

[–]IsEasilyImpressed 9 points10 points ago

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That's that, i've been impressed yet again.

[–]paperclipbandit 14 points15 points ago

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I once shot a hair dryer at one, and it stood up on it's back legs, like it was ready for battle.

[–]squeakachu 7 points8 points ago

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I want to give you so many upvotes for that last line.

[–]smoom 10 points11 points ago

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It was late at night, just a quick bathroom stop before bed. I've finished up and I go for the TP. I pull on the end and the roll flips around and guess who is chilling on the underside? One of these mother-fuckers. I spring off the john, screeching like a 5-year old. The beast, startled by the noise, jumps off the roll onto the ground to bid a hasty retreat. False. With shorts around my ankles, I lift my slippered foot and stomp his shit out with leg-numbing force. My aim was true. I leave his carcass for the others as warning....

I can kill spiders, no big deal. Bees/wasps? No problem, but these things? I hate them.

[–]hlbrdy 11 points12 points ago

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A house screamapillar.

[–]Zoshchenko 21 points22 points ago

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They tickle when you swallow them.

[–]Kratzyyy 5 points6 points ago

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wat

[–]hyperion247 4 points5 points ago

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See these in my bathroom all the time...the best is when they fall into the tub and try desperately to escape while I slowly turn the water on from the shower and watch it inch closer to their squirming soon-to-be corpse.

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points ago

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i don't know. I've seen too many centipedes crawling out of my drains to trust water as a lethal weapon.

ALWAYS CONFIRM THE KILL

[–]kareeser 2 points3 points ago

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Rule #2 - Double Tap

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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It moves it's legs by adding or subtracting fluid from and into them.

[–]LoonieBun 15 points16 points ago

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So do Terminators.

[–]_karnage 4 points5 points ago

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I hate them. I hate them so much. I hate them in my shower. i hate them in my toilet. I hate them in my bed. I hate them.

[–]Lobin 8 points9 points ago

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I fucking hate them, Sam I Am.

[–]YukonWildAss 5 points6 points ago

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I opened my closet and one of these darted out at the speed of light heading straight for my bed. My hand shot out like a cobra strike and smashed it before it could get under it. The idea of this 2 inch long monster hiding under my bed had shot through my body like a lightning bolt, filling me with the fear and determination I needed to move faster than I had ever moved before.

[–]beautiful_disaster11 10 points11 points ago

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I'll take spiders over these things. Kill THEM with fire! *shudder

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[–]slateythree 19 points20 points ago

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[–]forcedByBoy 12 points13 points ago

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Betty was so young D:

[–]Lyeta 8 points9 points ago

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We called them "eastie beasties" in college. You could always tell if someone had them in their room because you'd hear screaming, loud noises, the door slamming as they went to get a broom/large object and them more stamping.

I always got them in the vacuum. Then would have to figure out what to do with the vacuum until they died. I tended to put it down the hall for a few days.

I have been known to relocate my sleeping quarters in order to not sleep in a room where an eastie beastie has been sighted.

[–]Swampf0x 2 points3 points ago

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Then would have to figure out what to do with the vaccum until they died.

Set it on fire, of course.

[–]mrsmith099 3 points4 points ago

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These things are bastards. One was in my suitcase when I was packing. Which I didn't realise until I looked up to have him greeting me right in the face. Fuck these things. ಠ_ಠ

[–]mfajans 3 points4 points ago

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one was chilling on my towel one morning, and crawled all over me as I got out of the shower and toweled off... i now inspect it every single day before i get in the shower

[–]SleeperCreeper 3 points4 points ago

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scutigeridae

[–]Honestly_ 2 points3 points ago

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When I have a kid I think I'll tell him alternate names for various insects.

"Dad, what's that bug in the picture?"

"A soul-ripper."

[–]noodle_cat 3 points4 points ago

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My turtle eats these guys like spaghetti!

[–]JesterOfBuckingham 4 points5 points ago

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My friend's girlfriend gave him one of these as a house-warming gift, to put in the basement and kill spiders. We thought that was disgusting but possibly helpful, so he's currently interning in the shed.

[–]CodeandOptics 4 points5 points ago

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Rather have him than a brown recluse.

[–]Qonold 3 points4 points ago

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[–]Breeder18 7 points8 points ago*

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Fun fact, if you pour bleach down your drains you will have less of these house centipedes. They love moisture and typically come up through the drains, nobody likes crawling through bleach, so try it out!

Also, they eat lots of other insects. I suppose they are a boon, but I still can't get over their appearance and near-light-speed running.

*spelling

[–]DarkLightx19 6 points7 points ago

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up through drains

characteristic of the worst things ever.. anything that comes out of a drain should be killed with fire

I get these guys in my ROOM in the basement.. there is a sink in there... soon to be very very bleached

[–]spotj 3 points4 points ago

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Going to buy a shit load of bleach.

[–]Shoobaloo 2 points3 points ago

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Um, pouring undiluted bleach down the drain is always a bad idea.

There are insect-killing powders and other solutions to kill these motherfuckers without doing damage to pipe and sewer systems with bleach.

[–]GiantRolo 2 points3 points ago

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I was rudely awakened in bed by one of these CRAWLING OVER MY SHOULDER! Ugh.

Happily, my reflexes in my sleep are as killer as my reflexes while awake, and I squished it good. ;)

[–]HueyLewisAndTheNewz 2 points3 points ago

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i would rather eat my toenails than hold one of these in my hand

[–]moustachemustache 2 points3 points ago

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From the Wikipedia article on house centipedes:

"It may often be seen darting across floors with very great speed, occasionally stopping suddenly and remaining absolutely motionless, presently to resume its rapid movements, often darting directly at inmates of the house, particularly women, evidently with a desire to conceal itself beneath their dresses, and thus creating much consternation."

[–]awheck01 2 points3 points ago

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more legs = more creepy

[–]mustachewax 2 points3 points ago

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HOLY FUCK. they look even creepier up close.. I hate when they chill on the ceilings.. hanging upside down. ick D: These and stinkbugs I hate.. Spiders not so much.

[–]danr3l 2 points3 points ago

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This is the one bug that I refuse to kill by myself -- too scared.

[–]mod83 2 points3 points ago

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An arachnophobic's worst nightmare: SPIDER TRAIN.

[–]themostlegit 2 points3 points ago

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Theists, these things exist. All your arguments for a god existing are invalid.

[–]dljens 1 point2 points ago

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i'm paranoid that they live in the crack in my wall right next to my head where i sleep

[–]parliamentlites 1 point2 points ago

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my worst nightmare.

[–]denkyuu 1 point2 points ago

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They're basically harmless, right? The freak me out still, 'cause when I first see it, I mistake it for something deadly.

[–]ifv6 1 point2 points ago

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my girl has an intense phobia of these things... I mean, I hate them, but she FREAKS OUT. If you get her talking about them, she'll start describing the sounds the big ones make and what-not. But she lives in a pretty old apartment, so... bugs will be there.

[–]Echldz441 1 point2 points ago

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I HATE these!

[–]millennia20 1 point2 points ago

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I love those things.

[–]Tuhulu 1 point2 points ago

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Aww comon evolution. This is ridiculous, do they really need all those legs making them look like a living nightmare?

[–]moonbooly 1 point2 points ago

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I hate their bites! I read somewhere that their jaws aren't strong enough to break human skin, and yet they keep biting me while I'm asleep and leaving these dumb red weltish spot things that don't go away for ages! They're stupid and I hate them and they're stupid. Luckily they're only really around during spring/summer because thats their mating period. I can just hear these assholes mating in my walls.

[–]markitecture 1 point2 points ago

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Where do these things live so I know to never visit?

[–]superaverage 1 point2 points ago

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They blend into the color of the carpet where I work. It's like Predator.

[–]alfx 1 point2 points ago

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These absolutely do hurt when they bite. They are not harmless.

[–]jeff_ewing 1 point2 points ago

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I used to feel this way also, but it turns out the creepy house centipede is a beneficial predator that keeps the insect population of your house down. I've made my peace with them. Still, it's no fun to have one run over your foot in the bathroom!

[–]profwacko 1 point2 points ago

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Remember that one scene in the Matrix? With the bellybutton bug thing? Yeah.

[–]veggicide 1 point2 points ago*

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I put down two sided tape once to fuck with an invading ant army. The next day I checked the tape and one of these things got stuck on it. It was crazy looking - it managed to crawl several inches across the tape losing its legs as it progressed. Finally with only a few legs left it was stuck. It was pretty disturbing.

[–]BaronZee 1 point2 points ago

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This fellow eluded me for 2 months. Always hanging around in the corner of my wall behind my desk. It would pop up every once in a while and whenever I tried to catch it, it would simply fall down behind my desk into a crack behind the radiator. After 2 months of playing cat and mouse. You were a worthy match.

[–]fermentedbrainwave 1 point2 points ago

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I think they're beautiful in their own way. And usually all the creatures in nature have a purpose - they all fit nicely into the whole system. Centipedes check excessive growth of mites/bugs/spiders. And are awesome survivors.

And by the way, forget eating spiders - the Giant Centipede even feeds on mice and birds, sometimes mid-flight!

[–]PLiPH 1 point2 points ago

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I love living in Ireland. No fuckers like these to deal with.

[–]redditiscredittoteam 2 points3 points ago

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Did that one guy scare them away too?

[–]brownster 1 point2 points ago

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I would turn off the lights in my room, to play some pc games back in high school. My parents had a bi-level house on a hill. So downstairs was like a half basement with one room, my room.

Anyways, when i turned the light back on one of these was on the wall right next to me. I almost had a heart attack.

These things live near wood and dirt, which I was surrounded by. So holy fuck. Next day I went and sprayed my room with really strong bug spray of some sort. Did not see these things after that, not in my room anyways. Still scared though. House centipedes are worse than spiders.

[–]wintercast 1 point2 points ago

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These things and cave crickets freak me out. I can deal with a spider, but these milllion legged lightning fast things are not cool. 2 encounters. 1: Sitting in class, i look up and notice one on the wall, of course at that moment, it drops off the wall and onto me. I jump up like a girl (wait i am one) and fling it off. It runs around the room, everyone sitting in its path jumps out of their desk, like a wave. Then it is gone. About 20 minutes later, that sucker makes another mad dash across the room, again causing another wave of students to jump up out of their desks. 2. I was at my parents house, looking through a box of model horses i had as a kid. As i get the horses out one of these things pops out of the box. It is dead, but freaked me OUT. So even in death, they still give me the heeby jeebies.

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I would rate the House Centipede within my top 3 greatest fears in life. Right above claymation but below contracting tetanus. I've read horror stories wherein they crawl into your nose at night. You wake up and sneeze them out. Now you have creepy centipede parts/legs all over your face. There, enjoy that nightmare for the rest of your life.

[–]SimpleRy 1 point2 points ago

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If I had a gun with two bullets and I was in a room with a snake, a spider, and a this thing, I would shoot this thing twice.

[–]afrotronics 1 point2 points ago

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I once spayed one of these guys with bug spray. It didn't seem like the spray was doing much except for slowing it down. It eventually stopped moving due to the fact it detached its legs from its body. I picked it up with a paper towel and threw it in the trash. I should have flushed it down the toilet because 1 week later I noticed a dark oily spot on my roll of paper towel. I tap the roll with my finger and from between the sheets of the roll comes running out that house centipede that I thought I had killed...it still had bug spray residue on it and grew back its legs.

[–]CatParty_Wow 1 point2 points ago

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In my house we have a centipede problem. We have a very damp basement and they love it. One morning my girlfriend was drinking from her mug of water and she felt something funny in her mouth. She spit it out back into the cup and yep...you guessed it. She had drank a small centipede. I about shit my pants, but she just pulled it out and finished her glass of water.

[–]oncotech 1 point2 points ago

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I was going to post something similar today. There are too many posts of spiders and no mention of these guys and I thought that was weird. My family and I call them Thousand Leggers and that name fits perfectly.

One time one of these things hitched a ride on my laundry bag from the laundry room and as I dumped the bag over I saw it fall onto the bed and run. I screamed bloody murder and ran out. I put on my bug killing gear and got the vacuum cleaner. I was able to find that fucker and suck him up.He wasn't dead yet and I could see him running around the clear canister. I just took the canister and threw it outside in the lawn overnight.

P.S Is anyone else extremely itchy after reading these posts?

[–]Wonka_Vision 1 point2 points ago

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I hate them so much! I looked up one night and there was a giant one stuck to my wall. I smacked it with a broom and it fell behind my candy cabinet (I have a candy cabinet). When I looked for him he was gone. Where did he end up? :( In my candy cabinet?

[–]Mermania27 1 point2 points ago

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I fucking HATE these things...they are CREEPY!

[–]ocarina_21 1 point2 points ago

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Centipedes are super beneficial, but when we would talk about them on the tour of the recent exhibit we had at the museum about arthropods that live in human houses, we would torment people with this one. You could see the teachers and mothers cringing and so we'd say "Centipedes are highly beneficial, as they eat harmful pests around the house. They are scared of you, and they won't hurt you. If you see one running toward you, it is probably just trying to hide in your pant leg." Causing mothers to cringe was half the fun of that exhibit. If the centipede didn't work I'd tell them about follicle mites.