what kind of bug is this? PIP (I warned you!)

[drloretta]

Yes, it's a house centipide. Bonus: if you spray it with bug spray, it curls up and the legs pop off. A CW drew one for us one day because she found one in her bathroom.

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I didn`t read all the replies. This is a centipede!

Damn you, whoever said they live 7 years!

I had one on my towel while drying off and it fell to the floor. It was the size of a MOUSE! Gross!

[obladi]

We used to get lots of those guys when we lived by the water. They are super fast! I used to catch and release them just because they do eat other bugs. They would drive the cats crazy.

[birdmom]

Thousand leggers. They show up in damp places (like my shower) when I am not expecting to see them. I haaate them!

[pitterwoo]

we call them icky bugs. we used to see them quite a lot in this house, but after brick pointing and generally sealing up the house we hardly get any. I will find one in the sink once in a while and drown them.

[savannah11]

Ugh. We get those in our cabinets. It's kind of interesting to see all the different names people have for them. We call them silverfish.

[mellymel]

OMG we had these gross fuckers at our last house in MN! They are so fast and creepy!!!!!!! Our cats used to chase them and that's what usually alerted us that one was nearby. They usually hung out in our finished basement but occasionally they would make their way upstairs. Shudder.

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I love house centipedes, they look creepy as hell, but they're predator bugs. Anything that eats roaches and ants is a friend of mine.

Sometimes they get stuck in our bathroom sink and I make a little toilet paper life line for them to crawl out with. I never kill them.

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Nov 12, 2012 17:29:02 GMT -5 @savannah11 said:

Ugh. We get those in our cabinets. It's kind of interesting to see all the different names people have for them. We call them silverfish.

. Silverfish is actually the name of a bug that looks similar, but isn't in the centipede family. Centipedes actually hunt silverfish.