Ick- House Centipede

maryandkirk0909 · May 2011

How do you advise we kill these going forward? We were lucky and saw this one climb out of a vent, so we trapped and flushed it. Any other suggestions?

Mrs.Handy · May 2011

I just googled these and thanks for solving this mystery! I had never heard of them before.

We've seen these around the apartment. Ick! I had no idea they were poisonous. Now I'm terrified....

I have no idea how to kill them other than the old fashioned way.

This is the only thing I don't like about the warmer weather, all the bugs that are creeping up.

kastle · May 2011

I just squish them.

I hate bugs. (you should see me in the garden. full of girly squeals while I'm harvesting or planting or whatever. gardening gloves don't keep my hands clean...their purpose is to protect me from creepy crawlies!)

Hey Jellisy · May 2011

Ugg, there was one in my kitchen sink this morning. They actually eat bad bugs in your house, but I have a policy of having DH flush them if we see them. They are just too big to be welcome friends.

maryandkirk0909 · May 2011

I read all about them eating bad bugs, but anything with that many legs and jaws and a poisonous bite has to go.

I was hoping I wouldn't have to get close enough to it again to capture and flush. Ick!

veruca5839 · May 2011

Yuck! I freak out every time I see one in the house. I have no idea how to get rid of them other than having DH come take care of it

jenn248 · May 2011

Ugh - I came across one of those while gardening Saturday. Bugs don't normally bother me too much, but centipedes freak me out.

My mom has something similar to this that lets you capture bugs without getting too close to them (or get spiders when their on the ceiling). She usually deposits them outside, but you could also flush them: http://www.amazon.com/Fascinations-Spider-Catcher-Bug-Remover/dp/B001AMYFP8/ref=pd_sim_ol_3

rlvozel · June 2011

I found a great trick to keeping them out of your home entirely. If you know anyone that works retail, ask them to pick up some of those silicon packets you throw away from purses, shoe boxes, etc (they usually just say "DO NOT EAT" on them and are maybe an inch by an inch). I put a whole bunch of them in non-see through vases and stuck them in corners throughout my house. They soak up the moisture out of the air, and that's what attracts those centipedes. My husband and I moved into a very old, damp house and couldn't kill those things fast enough. I took a bunch of those packets home from work (businesses just throw those things away when they unpack their merchandise, mostly clothing places though) and ever since then I've only found 1 in the past year living in our home. Good luck!!

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