Anonymous wrote:I have toddlers.

Know what kills toddlers? - Black widow spiders. House centipedes eat Black widows.

Our other venomous spider in the DMG is the Brown Recluse: its venom is necrotizing ( do not google !).

Yep: centipedes eat those too.

In fact: they also eat termites. And cockroaches (ew!). And bedbugs (not that we ever had these). In fact, we have never had any bugs (except ants. Centipedes don’t eat those sadly).

The centipedes can stay. They get moved to the garage or basement if they present a nuisance.

Anonymous wrote:A centipede crawled inside my ear when I was sleeping and I was in the most excruciating pain. I poured olive oil in my ear and drowned it (while screaming in pain). Next day, my SIL used an ear syringe to flush the bug out.

OP, you did good. The weather is perfect for the bug to thrive outside.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t usually kill house bugs tbh, usually just move them outside, unless mosquito etc. Don’t get many bugs.

Approaching midnight tonight I found a centipede in the sink, and I slipped him into a big yogurt container and dropped him outside. He scurried off to the sounds of crickets etc.

Presumably this large centipede had lived his whole prior life inside my house, and he may be in for something of a shock out there. Is he going to get eaten immediately?

I’m sort of wondering if I should have just moved him to the basement. At lease he’s free now and will have an adventure?

Realize I’m worrying too much about a bug but, you know, we all just have our “one wild and precious life” etc (thank you, Mary Oliver).

Tell me, what else should I have done?

Anonymous wrote:We have an agreement. They stay in the basement and maybe the ground floor and I won’t them down. But if they show themselves on the second floor, they are fair game.

BTW, you can’t just leave them in the kitchen sink. They can’t get out. You have to relocate or squash them.

Anonymous wrote:Get a grip everyone.
Most homes do not have roaches inside them nor black widows.
Spiders are common by freshwater lakes or rainy places (England) where there is a large ongoing supply of insects.

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Anonymous wrote:Not gross! BENEFICIAL.

Hey bub, mind if I crash here and eat your roaches before they despoil your nice clean house?

Thanks for this. I was hungry, but now my appetite is gone.

No need for ozempic when there are disgusting close-up pictures of insects and their horrific legs.

It’s kind of cute. I marvel at the complexity and survivorship of nature. I’m a kill nothing tree hugger.

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Anonymous wrote:Not gross! BENEFICIAL.

Hey bub, mind if I crash here and eat your roaches before they despoil your nice clean house?

Thanks for this. I was hungry, but now my appetite is gone.

No need for ozempic when there are disgusting close-up pictures of insects and their horrific legs.

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Anonymous wrote:I doubt he lived his whole life in your house unless you have a big infestation.

Putting him out at night was helpful. More cover from birds and he can explore without getting dried out.

From wiki:
"Unlike its shorter-legged but larger tropical cousins, S. coleoptrata can live its entire life inside a building, usually on the ground levels of homes. While many homeowners may be unsettled by house centipedes due to their speed and appearance, they pose little to no threat towards humans, and are often beneficial as they catch other, more harmful pests, such as cockroaches."

The operative word here is "CAN" (live its entire life inside).

They come from somewhere first. They don't spontaneously generate/spawn into a house like a Minecraft animal. Therefore they have to.be capable of surviving outside before they get inside.

They don’t come from other house centipedes doing the deed in your house?

How did the first house centipedes get inside?

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Anonymous wrote:I doubt he lived his whole life in your house unless you have a big infestation.

Putting him out at night was helpful. More cover from birds and he can explore without getting dried out.

From wiki:
"Unlike its shorter-legged but larger tropical cousins, S. coleoptrata can live its entire life inside a building, usually on the ground levels of homes. While many homeowners may be unsettled by house centipedes due to their speed and appearance, they pose little to no threat towards humans, and are often beneficial as they catch other, more harmful pests, such as cockroaches."

Also, they live up to 7 years! Crazy.

Didn’t know that. I figured it had a short life cycle.

At least it wasn’t a huge Hawaiian centipede Op! Those bite and are disgusting in your house, under brush and leaves, and send off an odor when dead to attract more!

Anonymous wrote:I woke up once years ago with a house centipede crawling on my cheek. I kill them all after that.