Centipedes

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:27 pm

I know stupid topic!

I have these horrid bugs at night........they are nocturnal.......they only come out at night:-5

they are the bugs will a thousand legs and they freak me out!

at least every night when I get up and its dark, they are there, maybe 5 per week and some are bloody gigantic!

And they run as fast as lightning!

Does anyone know how to get rid of these? I need something safe for animals as we have cats.

thanks for any help, yikes, another one!

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:31 pm

Odie;1031685 wrote: I know stupid topic!

I have these horrid bugs at night........they are nocturnal.......they only come out at night:-5

they are the bugs will a thousand legs and they freak me out!

at least every night when I get up and its dark, they are there, maybe 5 per week and some are bloody gigantic!

And they run as fast as lightning!

Does anyone know how to get rid of these? I need something safe for animals as we have cats.

thanks for any help, yikes, another one!

Spray surface spray on the floor near your doors:-6

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:33 pm

mrsK;1031689 wrote: Spray surface spray on the floor near your doors:-6

what kind of surface spray Mrs.K?

and do they really come thru the doors?

I thought they came from the basement somewhere?

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:37 pm

Odie;1031690 wrote: what kind of surface spray Mrs.K?

It is just an extra strong fly spray that is only supposed to be used on cupboards etc & not sprayed in the air.

This stuff will work on any pest

http://www.mortein.com.au/product_spid.php:-6

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:40 pm

mrsK;1031691 wrote: It is just an extra strong fly spray that is only supposed to be used on cupboards etc & not sprayed in the air.

This stuff will work on any pest

http://www.mortein.com.au/product_spid.php:-6

so spray it in all of the cupboards, is it safe for dishes and whatever else is in there? foods, etc.

Patsy Warnick · Post by **Patsy Warnick** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:11 pm

Odie

It sounds like this bug likes moisture/cool area's..

There are Professional Spray Co.'s - perhaps they could answer your questions with a call - no obligations. Especially what's safe for animals & humans..Everythings so toxic - be careful.

Look it up on the internet for Centipedes?

Here at night we have Ghecko's, white lizards, translucent like, and they like moisture/cool..

I enjoy watching them, and they're good to have around - they have a internal instinct to go towards water if on the ground - like around my Pool..

Good luck

Patsy

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:50 am

Odie;1031694 wrote: so spray it in all of the cupboards, is it safe for dishes and whatever else is in there? foods, etc.

No just spray it at the bottom of your doors & see what happens.

Don't need to spray everything,just where you think they could get in.:-6

I would just stick to the doors for the time being.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:46 am

We don't see them much here in Britain but OMG, i hate them. I'd never kill them but i'd have a real hard job picking those up and throwing them out the window.

I remember once when i was a little kid and digging in the garden with my dad. I dug up this huge red one, i was so frightened, i cried.

Tell them nicely, to **** off Joan, see if that works :wah::wah::wah::wah:

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:59 am

well, we get scorpions so you see it could always be worse!

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:07 am

We've got stinkbugs. Don't bother to kill them as they will be stinky:wah:

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:28 am

They are coming in from somewhere, find the entry points and plug them up. Might be behind a sink, door, pipes doesn't take much space for critters to wiggle into.

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:31 am

Just think it could be rats!:eek:

Cow Patty · Post by **Cow Patty** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:57 am

Heres what I found on google for you:

Centipedes eat mold and live in damp dark places. Removing their "habitat" is the first step toward eliminating them. Get a dehumidifier and use bleach to kill mold and mildew

Try sprinkling powered borax around the perimeter of the basement floorboards. Borax works well at eliminating roaches and fleas as well as most other bugs. Just sprinkle the borax along the wall baseboards, in cupboards, or wherever bugs are a problem. You can find powdered borax in the laundry detergent area of any well-stocked store.

Sprinkle 20 mule team Borax (laundry aisle at store) around the edges of the rooms, it deters them from coming in the room

Keep your house dry. Centipedes dry out and die if they don’t stay in a moist environment, so if you clean up damp closets and basements, and use dehumidifiers, centipedes will find a more hospitable place to live

Use sticky traps. Put them in corners along the floorboards, where centipedes often hunt, and the traps will capture not only centipedes, but house insects as well. This will help you determine which other pests you need to eliminate, to deprive the centipedes of prey.

Close off entrance points. Keep centipedes from entering your house in the first place by sealing cracks in the foundation and concrete walls, eliminating spaces around doors and windows, and covering basement floor drains with window screen.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:59 am

I don't the Borax trick and it really works.

[QUOTE]Sprinkle 20 mule team Borax (laundry aisle at store) around the edges of the rooms, it deters them from coming in the room[/QUOTE]

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:00 am

qsducks;1031863 wrote: We've got stinkbugs. Don't bother to kill them as they will be stinky:wah:

we could just get all our creatures together and let them fight it out! :wah:

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:01 am

CARLA;1031951 wrote: I don't the Borax trick and it really works.

What do you use the Borax for Carla?

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:09 am

Ants, Roaches, fleas and even Crickets they won't mess with Borax for some reason. I have put it around the walls of my kitchen cabinets, base boards. Mind you I don't have pets. I had a Landlord tell me about Borax about 15 years ago tried it and it worked.

[QUOTE]What do you use the Borax for Carla?[/QUOTE]

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:10 am

CARLA;1031967 wrote: Ants, Roaches, fleas and even Crickets they won't mess with Borax for some reason. I have put it around the walls of my kitchen cabinets, base boards. Mind you I don't have pets. I had a Landlord tell me about Borax about 15 years ago tried it and it worked.

Yuck, I hate roaches. We have a guy come out every 3 months to spray so I haven't been bothered with any of those things. As for mice, they come in the fall and think they can move right on it. Wrong! Have plugged all the holes in foundation, etc. so no mice.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:56 am

This is really the first step to stopping any critter from getting in.

[QUOTE]Have plugged all the holes in foundation, etc. so no mice.[/QUOTE]

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:54 am

It's a dirty job but somebody's gotta do it

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:54 am

Cow Patty;1031948 wrote: Heres what I found on google for you:

Centipedes eat mold and live in damp dark places. Removing their "habitat" is the first step toward eliminating them. Get a dehumidifier and use bleach to kill mold and mildew

Try sprinkling powered borax around the perimeter of the basement floorboards. Borax works well at eliminating roaches and fleas as well as most other bugs. Just sprinkle the borax along the wall baseboards, in cupboards, or wherever bugs are a problem. You can find powdered borax in the laundry detergent area of any well-stocked store.

Sprinkle 20 mule team Borax (laundry aisle at store) around the edges of the rooms, it deters them from coming in the room

Keep your house dry. Centipedes dry out and die if they don’t stay in a moist environment, so if you clean up damp closets and basements, and use dehumidifiers, centipedes will find a more hospitable place to live

Use sticky traps. Put them in corners along the floorboards, where centipedes often hunt, and the traps will capture not only centipedes, but house insects as well. This will help you determine which other pests you need to eliminate, to deprive the centipedes of prey.

Close off entrance points. Keep centipedes from entering your house in the first place by sealing cracks in the foundation and concrete walls, eliminating spaces around doors and windows, and covering basement floor drains with window screen.

thanks CP, but our basement is warm and not moist and most solvents that have been discussed here are not safe for my 4 cats!

even the sticky traps, not safe.

will have to ask when I am out.

thanks everyone!

G-man · Post by **G-man** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 6:27 pm

Are they centipedes or millipedes? Two separate classes...

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 6:29 pm

G-man;1035912 wrote: Are they centipedes or millipedes? Two separate classes...

Have you ever seen a thousand legger? I can't even spell the word "aeaieohgashefjkhkadhvfkaj?

G-man · Post by **G-man** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 6:39 pm

qsducks;1035915 wrote: Have you ever seen a thousand legger? I can't even spell the word "aeaieohgashefjkhkadhvfkaj?

I don't believe there are many of those, if any... I've seen some about a foot long (the African giant variety that are sometimes kept as pets)... even those probably had no more than four or five hundred legs.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 6:41 pm

There was a show on last night, about this centipede that bit the kid when he was feeding it. It gave me the shivers. :-3

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 6:41 pm

G-man;1035928 wrote: I don't believe there are many of those, if any... I've seen some about a foot long (the African giant variety that are sometimes kept as pets)... even those probably had no more than four or five hundred legs.

No man, this thing usually comes from fresh wood work going on your house, etc. Weird lookin things. Creepy. Oh, well, it is that time of year.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 6:54 pm

G-man;1035912 wrote: Are they centipedes or millipedes? Two separate classes...

hmmmm not sure, they have a thousand legs and look soft like a caterpillar....

even when I had googled what they looked like for I wanted to post the demon here............could not tell the difference.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 6:56 pm

G-man;1035928 wrote: I don't believe there are many of those, if any... I've seen some about a foot long (the African giant variety that are sometimes kept as pets)... even those probably had no more than four or five hundred legs.

excuse me, a foot long?:-5

G-man · Post by **G-man** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:07 pm

Odie;1035941 wrote: excuse me, a foot long?:-5

See? It really could be worse. :wah:

I believe that the main difference between the two classes is that centipedes (100 legs) only have one leg per segment whereas millipedes (thousand legs) have a pair of legs per segment. The centipedes move much faster, too...

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:13 pm

G-man;1035951 wrote: See? It really could be worse. :wah:

I believe that the main difference between the two classes is that centipedes (100 legs) only have one leg per segment whereas millipedes (thousand legs) have a pair of legs per segment. The centipedes move much faster, too...

And what do you think about cockroaches?

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 8:15 pm

G-man;1035951 wrote: See? It really could be worse. :wah:

I believe that the main difference between the two classes is that centipedes (100 legs) only have one leg per segment whereas millipedes (thousand legs) have a pair of legs per segment. The centipedes move much faster, too...

gotta be centipedes g-man, they run around fast as lighning!

o.k.....I eggerated(spelt wrong).......100 legs, just seems like a thousand!:-5

the one I found the other night and freaked was 2 inches long, oh god, where is hubby when you need him!:-5

we have although come to release that as cowpatty said, they love moist places and our furnance room is moist.....we have a de-humidifier and will place it there.......in hopes............

the 4 cats just love them.........those bugs run around so fast, its like they place hide and seek!

I need a bigger fly swater!:-1

so afraid..............so very afraid.......now if I went to bed and stayed here...........I would never seen them and I know they don't run over me while sleeping.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 8:16 pm

chonsigirl;1035930 wrote: There was a show on last night, about this centipede that bit the kid when he was feeding it. It gave me the shivers. :-3

hello?

has anyone not read, Odie is scared!:wah: