Interesting bug in my bathroom.
Saw this lovely creature clinging to my bathroom wall last night. Maybe an inch & a half long. I took photos and then scooped him onto a piece of paper and unceremoniously tossed him outside. Not the greatest photo because I forgot to turn on the flash.
I've tried to find out what it is - came across this cool site - but no luck so far.
Threecollie at Northview Diary nailed it - it's a house centipede! Harmless, beneficial even. They eat spiders and larvae and other smaller bugs. I should've put it in my 76 year old Scary Basement, there's enough spiders down there to keep an army of house centipedes alive for centuries.
posted by Carina at 5:40 AM
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Try house centipede
And there it is!! Wow, that was fast, threecollie. Thank you!
Oh, they eat spiders and other little bugs. My house was built in 1930 & the basement can be damp...I should have put it down there instead, according to the little article I just read.
Eeeew! Coool! Creeeepy!
I've never seen anything like that before. If I'd found one, I would have thought it was the precursor to something that was going to grow wings.
Every now and then we used to find them in our bathroom at our old house. They make me shudder......
I found one last year in this house too. Mst be more common in the damp midwest, I never saw these in all my years in Colorado or California.
Now that I know what it is, I'm OK with them being here as long as they stick to the basement and eat spiders!
Damn...I've been killing these guys all these years. Don't really have them up here in Washington, but they were a fixture in Houston.
Hi Maritzia - they must like more humid environments, I never saw a single one of these during 17 years in Colorado.
And I KNOW Houston is humid - you made a good move! :)
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