Found it dead in my dishes

  • iesou@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    That’s a house centipede. They will leave you alone and eat lots of pests.

    • flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works
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      2 years ago

      Thanks for taking the useful approach, rather than parroting the usual drivel

      Edit It turns out they feed on bed bugs - surely that should sway a few people.

      …And they can detach their legs? I want one!

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        2 years ago

        Just so people who see them aren’t worried, they don’t just eat bed bugs. They will eat basically any insect that is smaller than they are up to and including spiders. I even saw one eating a yellowjacket once. So having house centipedes in your home doesn’t mean that you have bedbugs.

      • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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        2 years ago

        I want one!

        Don’t worry, you already have more than one, probably hiding in the walls.

        Unless you live in a high rise building…

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      2 years ago

      yeah it’s just zoomed in, discolored, and wet/squished. Poor thing. Theyre unnerving at first but once you get used to them you can think of them as eyelashes gliding around the floor.