Found on ceiling...

Sep 21, 2005 02:33

What the fuck is this?


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andywise September 21 2005, 14:31:43 UTC
Answer: Scutigera coleoptrata (House Centipede)



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Too bad he didn't look more like this:



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tubyred September 21 2005, 14:37:24 UTC
Ha ha ha!
Yeah, that second one is a lot better.
I had no idea that's what centipedes looked like. No wonder. I always think that they're the same thing as millipedes.

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hotshotrobot September 21 2005, 14:45:49 UTC
Centipedes were ALL OVER my Oshkosh apartment, and they creep the living fuck out of me. Amanda, this probably means you have a lot more. Get those anti-bug things that send out sonics that pets can't hear but drive bugs away. They work.

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tubyred September 21 2005, 14:49:20 UTC
they don't work so good on mice, though.
our mice used to prop up little beach chairs and volley ball nets on our cutting board right in front of the sonic thing, and just laugh at us. "stupid animal rights fuckers," they'd snicker.

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jessiejean September 21 2005, 18:34:33 UTC
Caitlin had mice this winter and got the sonic-sound wave thing and it worked. It scared all the mice away from her apartment to my apartment.

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tubyred September 21 2005, 19:00:15 UTC
perfect.
i'm surprised the kitty didn't do that.

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vibratora September 21 2005, 16:02:21 UTC
Oh my god, if I saw more than one of them, I think you would hear my screams all the way at your apartment.

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hotshotrobot September 21 2005, 16:11:58 UTC
Take comfort in this, though--they're little scaredy-cats. Usually when you see them scurrying it's to get away from the huge, scary human. It's highly unlikely one will come near you in your sleep because they're fearful little fuckers.

At least, that's what i used to tell myself in order to sleep at night.

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vibratora September 21 2005, 16:20:39 UTC
This is somewhat comforting. Another comforting thing is that if any of the gross disgusting many legged centipedes that I now can't stop thinking about in the apartment come down to cat level, Donut's totally got it covered. She loves the killing and the eating of the bugs.

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andywise September 21 2005, 14:51:02 UTC
I guess centipedes come in different shapes as well, this is just a House Centipede.

Yo, check this out:
http://www.backyardnature.net/1000legs.htm

"Centipede body-segment possess one pair of legs (2 legs), while millipede body-segments are equipped with two pairs (4 legs). "

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tubyred September 21 2005, 15:00:12 UTC
oh lord. that's way too much information on the creepy crawlies for me to handle! i think the older i get, the girlier i get about bugs. i used to think they're fascinating. good thing i didn't go into entomology, which i'd pondered for a brief moment in college. :(

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el_normal September 21 2005, 14:57:14 UTC
I can guarantee you that if I saw the second one I would have been climbing the walls.

creepier by far.

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vibratora September 21 2005, 16:21:22 UTC
No kidding, the second one is just smiling until you get close enough for it to eat your face off!

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