i just killed a centipede

[PinkFloyd]

On the subject of creepy crawlies do you know that some people in Spain keep scarabs as pets? Man I wouldn't want one of these things to be in a 100 mile radius of me let alone keep one as a pet

 

[ajt976]

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Originally Posted by PinkFloyd On the subject of creepy crawlies do you know that some people in Spain keep scarabs as pets? Man I wouldn't want one of these things to be in a 100 mile radius of me let alone keep one as a pet

A good friend of mine just got back from Japan a while back and she told me that they keep these huge beetle looking things as pets. I guess that they are highly respectable pets and they have their shells all painted up and such. The funny thing is that they "store" them in their own little wooden box until they are taken out to show off in front of guests.

 

[aphex944]

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Originally Posted by ajt976 Most definitely so, but you can't tell me that if you saw one of these crawlin around on your foot/leg that you would smile and say "Aww, how cute!"

I probably would, I'm studying to become an entomologist

 

[ajt976]

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Originally Posted by aphex944 I probably would, I'm studying to become an entomologist

Really?!?!? Or would you be more likely to say something like, "Ahh, a scolopendra heros, and what a magnificent specimen!!!"

So, what kind of classes are you taking in entomology anyways? I bet they would be wicked interesting.

 

[setmenu]

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Originally Posted by ajt976 You and me both. I once heard of a lady that went to the hospital for horrible ear pains and when the doctors went to look, it was a roach that crawled deep inside here ear canal!!! The worst part was that the doctors had to do it with very low light, because everytime they would get close to her ear with the light the roach would crawl in deeper and deeper. GROSSO!!!

Sounds like a good way to get in training for ETys to me .

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[riffer]

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Originally Posted by fewtch .... When I was a kid, a centipede crawled into a glass of water I was drinking (while it was set down for a few)... since then I've had a near phobia toward those things. Don't tell any Mafia torturers about that...

I have a glass of water by my bed at night.

A few years ago, I woke up and took a swig of water. I opened my eyes just in time to see an earwig flowing into my mouth

I just swallowed fast and let my stomach take care of it.

 

[450]

Alright, I go into the master bathroom of our house to take a bath... Remember that link terrymx posted? The one in the bathroom was twice as big (same insect) and the exoskelteon was so hard that when my mom killed it, the shell was still intact. We disposed of it immediately... It creeped the heck outta my mom. That surprised me because shes scared of nothing... spiders, scorpions, bees, wasps...

 

[dhwilkin]

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riffer said... I have a glass of water by my bed at night. A few years ago, I woke up and took a swig of water. I opened my eyes just in time to see an earwig flowing into my mouth I just swallowed fast and let my stomach take care of it.

I've got to stop reading this thread.

 

[HD-5000]

Wow, those centipedes are about as scary as little crawly things get. Every once in a while I get to find one of them crawling around the house but not nearly as big as the maneaters you guys are describing. I'm talking about a couple mm thick by 3 cm long.

Scariest moment ever for me? Early this year I was eating an apple, took a bite, and swallowed the yummy chunk. As I moved the apple away from my face, I saw something that made my blood run cold. There was a depression about 2 cm wide inside with HALF BITTEN VERY LARGE INSECT CRAWLING AROUND GUTS AND ALL THAT NASTY S**T. I threw the apple across the room and induced vomiting in the toilet.

 

[SptsNaz]

I remember trying to kill one these bastards on my ceiling, only to fail and have it land on my bed. Never saw it after that, but I can assure you, I had zero sleep that week. It was a common house centipede like in the first picture, but bigger

. Note to self: don't attempt to kill things over your bed

 

[pne]

wow! on second thought, some of these look pretty neat, especially the ones with fiery red legs. I didn't know people kept them as pets.

two more gross stories:

I used to have a pet parakeet, and I had a variety of treats for it. I had several treat bars which was a big bar of seeds clumped together with honey and hung on the birdcage for the birds to pick at. Well I had carelessly dropped a half-eaten bar in the corner of a storage closet, and forgotten about it for a year. When I was cleaning the closet out I noticed the bar, and something very chilling. There was about a hundred little shells stuck to the bar, all in the shape of the exoskeleton of a centipede. Turns out a mother had laid eggs/ the larvae fed on the bar and hatched or whatever it is they do, leaving behind their old skins and crawling away. The thought of a hive of these things living hidden away in my basement really threw off my sleep cycles for the next week.

In the fall last year we were cleaning out the yard, collecting scrap wood to burn in our outdoor firepit. The firepit is just a patch of bare dirt surrounded by a few large rocks. When I went to throw some weeds into the pit, I took the cover off and notices tons of centipedes crawling around inside the pit. I prodded the dirt with a stick and found a huge hive of these things crawling everywhere! They started swarming all over the place and crawling out, so i ran to the garage, doused the firepit in gasoline and lit those motherbuggers up!

 

[Oink1]

Here in the UK we get a lot of spiders i like to call 'curants' - tiny currant size bodys with uber long legs (think coke can diameter) One balmy summers night i was just drifting off to sleep when i felt something go up my bare back and come to a stop on my cheek

- instant reaction was to bat it off my face and turn on the light... Just in time to see one of these 'currant' mofo's scuttle under the wardrobe!

After i'd had a ciggy and calmed down a bit i moved the wardrobe to unleash hell on it

Didn't care that it was late at night/early morning

It met an untimely end with a copy of 'Mountain Biking UK' that was handy at the time!

Bugs freak me the hell out - large spiders (Tarantulas etc) i can hadle - small ones that can pull 0-60 in 3 seconds you've got to watch! Eeeugh!

 

[Oink1]

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Originally Posted by pne They started swarming all over the place and crawling out, so i ran to the garage, doused the firepit in gasoline and lit those motherbuggers up!

..... It's the only way to be sure

 

[chia-pet]

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Originally Posted by SptsNaz I remember trying to kill one these bastards on my ceiling, only to fail and have it land on my bed. Never saw it after that, but I can assure you, I had zero sleep that week. It was a common house centipede like in the first picture, but bigger . Note to self: don't attempt to kill things over your bed

once when my family when to europe, we were eating at a local bed and breakfast in switzerland, and there were flies swarming everywhere! it was sort of nauseating, so i took some initiative to swat the flies. i swung my plastic fan (looks just like a fly swatter but without the tiny holes throughout) at one and nailed it to the wall, but upon releasing the fan in swift fashion i sent the fly sailing into my sister's food! she ate a few bites of her food before realizing there was a fly in it, and she never knew i did it! shhhhhhhhh!

edit: moral of the story is don't kill flies over things!

 

[MadDog5145]

Anyone experience millipedes with an awful stench? They are not that scary because they are pretty slow compared to a centipede....but the stench is awful....if death had a scent, it would be that...yuck....