These fuckers are annoying asf and running like sonic.. You did the right thing. In germany we hate them rly.. Mostly because they come out at night when you want to go pee and scare the shit out of ya.. Then running away and you can't catch / find them anymore :<
House centipedes sprint at speeds of 420mm/second; a 5'8” human would have to run the same distance, relative to their height, at a speed of about 42 miles/hour.
As a side note, while centipedes in general are right up there on my list of "things that make me nope," it is good to keep in mind that these guys are predatorial-- and a lot of their prey can be stuff quite nasty to people. Mosquito's, silverfish, cockroaches, bedbugs. Even spiders.
I always try to remember when I see spiders and such that, if they're around, that means there's enough of their prey around to keep them going, and sometimes the predator is the lesser of two evils. No matter how many creepy ass legs it's got.
Parting note: after looking at the pic, and talking about them so much, I now have the added bonus of feeling like it's on me.
I was very much weirded out by this creature
But i saw a story of someone's instagram today who found it in their bathroom
And it didn't seem too bad
I mean yea they look weird and somewhat hideous but its just another living thing trying to survive
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they can bite you & it hurts rly bad, trust me. they run rly fast, eating fly's & insects, and are predators who are hunting at night. did you watched videos about it? you should :P
They are also very meticulous about keeping themselves clean, oddly enough.
Also, just to try and abate some of the fear, house centipedes, like most creatures, don't actually enjoy biting you. They don't look at humans and go, "holy fuck! A predator 3000x my size! Allow me to throw my face at it in the hopes it learns it's lesson!" They want to avoid conflict with you as much as you with them, and would prefer to run away. That being said, their venom is like most spiders and bugs (and unlike a lot of other centipedes) in that it's not really harmful to people.
I'm not trying to be a centipede advocate or anything, mind you, and I'm not opposed to killing them if catch-and-release doesn't seem viable/there are too many/the heebie-jeebies have made all other options impossible.
Just sharing info for anyone curious enough to read :)
The problem is more that if you sleeping and it's walking on your bed / your body and feel attacked by you without you beeing awake, it will bite. There are people who sleeped and suddenly feeled a huge pain because these little thing did bite them in their sleep etc.. The even sneak under doors.. Its just spooky if you see it at night. At summer we have a lot of them, and because i am often awake at night, they scare me because they sneaking around at night.. Crawl into rooms even if you close the door etc.. Its just not cool.
@cycy nightmare fuel, people have been warned. I actually remember watching an episode of "monsters inside me" where a lady rolled over onto.. Idk, a funnel-web spider or something, and it bit her breast, which ended up rotting from the venom.
But yeah, though again that's not from them being aggressive, they think you're trying to crush them to death so they do what they have to do. On another note, if I had centipedes in my bed on the regular, I would be setting fire to my bed.
More nightmare fuel: not this particular kind of centipede, but I've actually had multiple run-ins with centipedes crawling up the pipes in the bathroom toilet, which always happens at like 3 in the morning. Apparently it's not that uncommon for them to do this. Taken a few years off my life, but on the other hand there's no feeling quite like the moment my heart restarts and I spend the rest of the morning swearing to never use the bathroom again
@grimreaper meticulously. Especially their legs. They're a bit like cats that way, tbh.
Here's a video (the person seemingly decided to take it during a minor earthquake so be ready for the shakes) you can watch if you want to. Keep in mind, it DOES have a house centipede close-up, so if people can't handle that, don't click the link?
https://youtu.be/tAheSfKEbHA
Insectivores. They used to be KoS for me, but ever since I learned that they prey on other insect pests that I want in my house even less (bedbugs, termites, cockroaches, silverfish, spiders and other household pests), they get a pass. In fact, they keep them as pets in Japan. ( I admit, however, that the Japanese can have a strange sense of normal.)
I always try to remember when I see spiders and such that, if they're around, that means there's enough of their prey around to keep them going, and sometimes the predator is the lesser of two evils. No matter how many creepy ass legs it's got.
Parting note: after looking at the pic, and talking about them so much, I now have the added bonus of feeling like it's on me.
But i saw a story of someone's instagram today who found it in their bathroom
And it didn't seem too bad
I mean yea they look weird and somewhat hideous but its just another living thing trying to survive
Also, just to try and abate some of the fear, house centipedes, like most creatures, don't actually enjoy biting you. They don't look at humans and go, "holy fuck! A predator 3000x my size! Allow me to throw my face at it in the hopes it learns it's lesson!" They want to avoid conflict with you as much as you with them, and would prefer to run away. That being said, their venom is like most spiders and bugs (and unlike a lot of other centipedes) in that it's not really harmful to people.
I'm not trying to be a centipede advocate or anything, mind you, and I'm not opposed to killing them if catch-and-release doesn't seem viable/there are too many/the heebie-jeebies have made all other options impossible.
Just sharing info for anyone curious enough to read :)
But yeah, though again that's not from them being aggressive, they think you're trying to crush them to death so they do what they have to do. On another note, if I had centipedes in my bed on the regular, I would be setting fire to my bed.
More nightmare fuel: not this particular kind of centipede, but I've actually had multiple run-ins with centipedes crawling up the pipes in the bathroom toilet, which always happens at like 3 in the morning. Apparently it's not that uncommon for them to do this. Taken a few years off my life, but on the other hand there's no feeling quite like the moment my heart restarts and I spend the rest of the morning swearing to never use the bathroom again
Here's a video (the person seemingly decided to take it during a minor earthquake so be ready for the shakes) you can watch if you want to. Keep in mind, it DOES have a house centipede close-up, so if people can't handle that, don't click the link?
https://youtu.be/tAheSfKEbHA