i used to keep one i found in my bathroom as a pet. my friends and family thought i was whack until they saw it hunt down a feeder cricket and then they thought it was the coolest thing known to mankind. R.I.P Taylor may you merc prey at lighting speeds in the great basement in the sky
I hate bugs, but I tolerate house centipedes and spiders because they eat other bugs. At least they pay their rent by getting rid of cockroaches, mozzies, annoying fly's and other nasties that might sneak in through an open window.
i only recently learned that house centipedes actually help you and so now ill gladly let them stay in my home ^^ and spiders can be adorable espically Lucas the spider
I am okay with spiders, but the house centipedes are just so viscerally creepy. Doesn’t help that they seem to be clumsy climbers, having seen them drop off the wall when I lived in houses with them.
About 30 years ago, I was living in a basement apartment. I went to my kitchen to make a pot of coffee, and when I pushed the coffee maker back, a house-centipede darted out, ran across the back of my left hand, and disappeared into a crack in the wall in the corner. I jumped backwards with such force that I dented the door of my fridge and drove it into the wall. It wasn't working after that, so I had to call the landlord. After sheepishly explaining how I broke the fridge, he looked at me, then at my coffee maker. He pushed my coffee-maker back, and a centipede shot out from underneath it, causing the landlord to jump back and further damage the fridge. Then he took some expanding foam, sealed the crack the centipede went into, and gave it me. He told me to go ahead and seal whatever cracks needed it, and he'd have a new fridge here in the morning.
That was really cool of the centipede to give a reenactment and back your story. maybe they really arent so bad? now i just wonder if i could convince a centipede to lie for me.
I remember seeing one of these in my house. I didn't kill it though. Only because it outmanoeuvred me lol. It looks like a very small dead person's spine that for some reason decided to come to life and crawl out of a grave to scare the living shit out of people. Mission accomplished little guy.
Haha that's hilarious and there is an old movie called "Fiend Without a Face" and it's basically your description with a brain on it. lol Man you cracked me up! lol
We have many of these in the basement, and they continually make me almost fall down the stairs when they dart across the steps. I’ve also had one come out of the carpet and chase my cat across the house until I got it with a shoe (I usually leave them be, but that one was an exception, when even your semi-feral, bug-eating cat is terrified). I prefer spiders.
@@PinkBlue_Spood hahaha yeup. Although, I lived in this 100 year old house for a few years before I got my own home. It was pretty run down and riddled with spiders and even the occasional giant millipede or scorpion. I didn't even know we had scorpions in Australia! Anyway it was all I could do to not get crash tackled by an overly affectionate wolf spider on my midnight treks to the toilet. But that's cool, it kept me on my toes.
Yeah, they seem to be smarter than the average bug to me too. I turned on my shower and one comes out of the drain. Turned it back off, went back in again. Turned it on again, he comes roaring out of the drain trying to scurry out of the tub. Like ‘turn the water on me once, once I might forgive, but twice? Naw bro, we’re moving into your bed now! Better make room!’
@@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e for me I feel I'm more comfortable around these smarter insects when handling them. These guys have never tried to bite me when I relocate them but the brown ones outside will automatically go to bite mode if you pick them up. Jumping spiders again are always extremely docile but I have very little trust for a lot of other species. Praying mantis are also very smart and can actually make really good pets. Sometimes I think the intelligence can make them rely less on bite and more on flight
No they run from u and dont really like to be around any people.. so u never really see them.. they just happen to kill every pest in your home.. like cock roaches... etc..
I was thinking about this the other day, about why people less afraid of jumping spiders, than other spiders? I think it might have something to do with the eyes as well as the legs, and fast movements. Bigger eyes make them appear "more human". If that makes any sense.
@@ChimpFromSpace I always find 'lankier' spiders creepier than fat ones, if they have a tiny body with giant legs it freaks me out a lot more than a jumping spider or some tarantula's that seem more round and normal with their proportions. that's why Harvestmen and Daddy-long-legs tend to freak me out... they just look so alien
Because we as humans, have only four appendages, and animals do as well so they seem more like us despite being animals, insects however especially ones with various legs have pretty much nothing in common with humans, so because they seem so alien compared to us, they freak us out, it’s like a situation where you can’t tell what someone is thinking
It took a great deal of courage just to even watch this video! I have those creepy crawlers in the basement. As long as they stay there fine, but when they come upstairs that’s a whole different story!
Lifted up the toothpaste tube in my bathroom once and one of these was laying motionless perfectly on the sink underneath where it was. I was so shocked I didn’t even scream, I just instinctively threw the toothpaste down and stared at it for a while, trying to muster up the courage to stare it down and beat my fears, but to this day I’m still scared to lift anything in any bathroom
They are very fast that's why my cats love to hunt them. I have known how beneficial they are since I was a child 55 years ago. My grandmother told me about them. I capture them in a plastic cup and put them in the basement. My grandmother called them cellar centipedes. I always try to tell people to not be afraid of them and cellar spiders (Daddy Long Legs) that they eat all kinds of real pests. It's hypnotic when they are going fast the legs moving like a ripple.
Critters with lots of legs never bothered me. I've always been ore concerned with bite or sting potential and whether they are poisonous. I rather like Daddy Long Legs for instance. I love having spiders and praying mantis and lady bugs in my garden. I tend to hate things that eat my garden plants. However, if they come into my house they are fair game for my cats.
Personally, things with a lot of legs like the house centipede bother me more because they are less predictable than something more ridged like a spider.
I used to have a problem with House Centipedes in my old house when I'd take a shower. They'd all come out of whatever hell they normally live in and try to hang out in the moist bathroom. I had one sit on the bristles of my toothbrush. I started having to bring all 3 of my cats into the bathroom with me. They'd have loads of fun hunting and eating them all before they could bother me.
Me too, just last week. First time I love seen one. If there is a next time, I’ll try to relocate it outside, but he will be evicted, one way or another.
I’ve got an infestation of them. Laying in bed just now one or two of them ran across my chest just a minute ago. Happened twice, so I looked up this video to make sure if I roll onto one in the middle of the night how bad it might hurt.
I bought a cheap house that was "livable" ($10k) Steal of a deal, but anyway.. there were spiders and centipedes in large numbers.. If you're still living there..SEAL your house the hell up. They're getting in and have been for a long time. They've been breeding too.. Seal, treat the outside and inside..glue traps everywhere will help reduce numbers but also help you see where they're getting in.
One of my newer favorite bugs💖 I started seeing them around my house and at first I was like, "was that an eyelash that just ran across my floor?" But then when I saw them more and learned about them I got so excited. If I find dead ones, depending on their condition, I make art with them ^_^
Come get this one out my house then lol this my first time seeing them ever in life n I'm scared it fell from the wall n went under the bed n then I looked n it's gone idk where it is n currently I'm sitting in the middle of my bed with a bleach bottle ready to spray I hate bugs ugh they all scare me
@positivevibes8899 Hahaha I forgot about this. Turns out they actually eat other pesty bugs like roaches so that's one reason why I like them so much 😅 and they got such cute little faces 🥰
Interesting fact : They absolutely love the feel of carburetor cleaner or brake cleen, sprayed on themselves. They instantly pass out and never move again.
Use a bifenthrin or deltamethrin based low danger pesticide think suspend or Talstar or ortho home defense premixed, much safer for environment over spraying a volatile petroleum distillate and actually offers a residual barrier that’s non repellant so the bugs actually will get into it and die.
@@Just.A.T-Rex if you have a medium - large amount of them living and( practically ) owning the home, that would be an excellent solution. In my case, I only see one every two months or so, in the basement only...and they are BIG and FAST. CRC automotive products clean greasy parts and instantly kill anything smaller than a grapefruit.
As someone who lives in the Southeastern USA, these guys and spiders are welcome in my house. They merc the pests that invade during the cold winter months, and generally go off and do their own thing in the summer. Now if only my cats could tolerate them.
Centipedes where I live are 3 to 4 inches long and pack a vicious and painful bite. A friend got bitten on the big toe and it turned black and swelled up so bad he couldn't walk. I find them sometimes in my house, dead, because I have the house professionally sprayed four times a year.
Unfortunately centipedes are the one insect that absolutely terrify me. I've made a pact with myself to never kill any living creature no matter how small or seemingly insignificant but the first and last time I tried to catch a centipede to bring it outside alive it got out of the paper towel and ran up my arm...I think my ancestors heard me scream. Now I let my family deal with them while I hide like a coward praying for forgiveness for breaking my vow.
"Not as nightmare inducing as they seem." Nope, I came here to say nope, they are still just as nightmare inducing after I watched the video as they were before I watched it.
They're the guard dogs of your bastion. Think of them as little knights who protect you from the parasites. Both are spooky but one protects your realm. This is why I respect spiders I find.
They are well named. As a boy I encountered them more often in basements than under boards, rocks, or splash blocks. I found more of the shorter legged centipedes outdoors.
Woke up to my leg itching to heck and three paired puncture wounds in my leg. Found the culprit, dead and flat in my sheets. Can't blame him, I would have bit me too. They've always freaked me out. I'm cool with most creepy crawlies but the house centipede just sends shivers up my spine. Leave them be though. I have a huge one that likes my airbrush booth for some reason.
I'd never seen or even heard of these in my entire life until I saw one earlier this year. I've seen a few hanging around since. Definitely was very creepy looking at first, but I quickly noticed that they don't seem aggressive or anything. The ones I've seen here are mostly scared of me but somewhat friendly/curious as well.
Yep, just saw one in my bathroom. I wasn't wearing my glasses so I assumed it was a hair splotch left over from someone shaving who didn't clean well. Then it *moved* and I freaked when I got a good look at it. I had no idea this creature existed. I thought it was just the largest silverfish I had ever seen. Thank God it was so easy to research. I just decided to forfeight my bathroom to it for the rest of the night and hopefully it'll move on when it runs out of food (I very rarely ever see any pests in my house).
I did this one time! I had to leave my house after seeing one crawl somewhere I couldn't reach and I just stayed out for hours and hoped it was gone when I returned! Whew! I'm glad you were able to figure it out quickly!
I was bit by one after it crawled on my leg and figured it was a mosquito so I instinctively swatted it. Instantly I felt a very sharp pain along with a very hot burning feeling so I tried to pull it off but found out quickly that it had attached itself to my leg and literally had to pull it off with a lot of energy. It was terrifying and have been obsessed and scared of them ever since .
I've made a tentative pact with my house centipedes: The floor is yours. Go nuts. If you climb up on the walls or furniture where I can clearly see you, it's your funeral.
I was working in a tight crawl space fixing a beam, I smashed a cinder block with my hammer to remove it and instantly hundreds of these things flooded out .. I'll never forget that day.
I saw one of these little guys crawl along my floor and was memorized on how it's legs flowed and moved. I got a little scared of it and decided to research, and I'm very glad I did! My basement has spider and centi/millipede problems, so knowing these little dudes eat them makes me kinda like them!
Back in college my roommate's boyfriend said these were adult silverfish, I found out a few years later what they really are. I played a joke on him. We were all in an business entertainment course, graphic design, modeling, storyboarding among others. I took a piece of plasticene clay and a few bristles from our broom and sculpted a house centipede... Then I stuck it in his shoe. Our one art teacher lived in another dorm stopped by and saw him freak out when he went to put the shoe on. Our teacher picked up the bug asked if I made it. I said "I did" he said "good job."
I'm sorry but when it comes to horrifying creatures like this I can't overlook their speed and appearance for what they do. Spiders are fine but these are just lightning quick and make my skin crawl thinking about them.
I lived in a basement apartment when I first moved to Canada and there were lots of big ones that terrified me. I killed so many but after a while I started to feel guilty and just let them be. They seem oddly aware compared to other bugs sometimes. I killed them out of pure fear but I really wish I hadn’t.
I haven't watched the video yet but I gotta say this: when one of those fuckers is SPRINTING AT YOU from across the room, you best bet I'ma burn the house down.
Didn't have these in Texas. Moved to SW Missouri with a basement. 2+ inch one on my wall. Screamed and ran. Was trapped in my room because it was on the door frame above me.
Honestly, I'm still probably gonna squish them. I let spiders out (unless they're those invasive weird spindly house spiders), but these things will send me shrieking.
Well, I'm guessing that meant that you never saw any cockroaches. If these things only stayed on the floor, then occasionally sharing your space with one might not be so bad (but shake your shoes out before putting them on).
That means that apartment had a much more concerning infestation. You'll only see large numbers of house centipedes if there's an infestation of one of their food sources.
I had one if these speeding towards me while i was on the toilet a few days ago and it looked like it was going to war... Say a prayer guys he's not here with us anymore.
I know they look weird but they're more afraid of us than you are of them. When I find them, I do try to give them little bits of food and water bcause I love these little guys. They're kinda cute to me.
I have gary the spider who lives above my fridge, and ive seen two different house centipedes scury around my basement steps, they are the only roommates ill put up with.
My wife is Japanese she had a few house centipedes in her house. She wanted them there. I understand this is common in Japan. If I'm wrong I'm sure someone will let me know LOL
Those modified front legs are called toxicognaths and I just made Clint of Clint's Reptiles very happy by finding a place to mention one of his favorite terms.
Idc what you say seeing this running around is like seeing a spawn from hell scurrying through your house in a many legged rolling mechanical nightmarish way.
Found my cat playing with one and completely lost my sh*t. They're quite safe because I'm too chicken to go anywhere near them. Major bodily trauma? Bring it on! These guys? Nopenopenopenopenopenope....
When we first moved into this house in 1973 that had a crawlspace we soon discovered that Centipedes loved this home design. BUT once smashed they slide down drain smoothly even though they don’t appear to be happy about the trip.
I once had one of these crawl across my chest in my sleep so I quickly turned on all lights to make sure I wasn’t tripping only to find no trace of anything. Come the next morning I wake to what I thought was only a hallucination and see this giant monstrous sized critter just chilling 2 inches away from my face. I had jumped up so fast in that same second I had time to drive to Walmart get the biggest timbs I could find and purge the thing. It can’t hurt no one else anymore
I've seen these buggers around my house a few times and they don't scare me, just creep the crap out of me. Sure, the legs are creepy, but I am most concerned about it sprinting at me and attacking me. Thank you for this informative video.
I use to live in a nasty rental house in a bad part of town. I never had a roach problem, but found what was left of a colony in the basement. After seeing some pretty hefty house centipedes down there, I concluded that they killed and ate them all.
I live in the basement so I see these guys way more than I would like too, and I sometimes have them crawling on my ceiling. There was one on the ceiling above my bed, and I watched as it fell onto my bed and then crawled into one of the spaces in the wood.
@@redcrown5154 I used to share a room with my sister but my family and I cleaned out the apartment in the basement cuz the room we shared was too small for both my sister and I(also she is so messy and I was the only reason that room was semi decent lol)
I moved to the country from in town a few years back and I saw one for the first time on my bedroom wall and it scared the shit out of me. I looked away for literally 2 seconds and it was gone! I did not enjoy the rest of that night. But now after living with them in my house these last few years, I’ve learned to either catch them and throw them outside or just let them hang out and get eat the other bugs in my house.
Their leg movements are very deliberate, and almost rhythmic. I can see why they're nightmare fuel for most people, but I quite like them. At least when there isn't an infestation of them. Then again, an infestation of anything isn't nice.
One of them ran across my bare foot while I was sitting in a computer chair once. I now always have my feet up when sitting in chairs, when I'm not wearing shoes.
Had one fall on me from the ceiling while I was at my desk. and another across my foot as well.... Not very welcoming, but I don't wipe them out when I see them. One hung out in my sink for a few days
I love bugs but these were always one of the few exceptions. However I've lately been warming up to them! Knowing that they're just looking for food helped a lot, plus they're kinda cute! Sure, I get startled at first; they always seem to come out of nowhere! But after the first few seconds I just say hey to them.
In 7th grade I was sitting there at my desk next to my desk buddy, Chris, and I was making a joke about something and he freaked the fudge out. Screaming like a little girl. Well turns out I had a house centipede crawling up my shoulder LOL it freaked me out too.
These things would make my mother scream bloody murder. I did too at first but then I realized they were big harmless pest exterminators. The sensation of all those little legs walking on your arm does take a good gut, though.
i used to keep one i found in my bathroom as a pet. my friends and family thought i was whack until they saw it hunt down a feeder cricket and then they thought it was the coolest thing known to mankind. R.I.P Taylor may you merc prey at lighting speeds in the great basement in the sky
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This was actually a super cute comment.
Where do we send the Memorial Donations in honer of Taylor....
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"Not as not as nightmare-inducing as they seem."
"My LeGs ArE tEeTh!!!""
Lmfao.
acc. a quick glance at wikipedia, this is true of most insect mouthparts en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod_mouthparts
Human teeth are just modified armored fish scales its fiiiine
I hate bugs, but I tolerate house centipedes and spiders because they eat other bugs. At least they pay their rent by getting rid of cockroaches, mozzies, annoying fly's and other nasties that might sneak in through an open window.
It's this reason I leave the spiders alone in our house (we don't live in a damp enough area for house centipedes)
@W L Roaches can just kinda wander in sometimes depending on what part of the world you're living in.
i only recently learned that house centipedes actually help you and so now ill gladly let them stay in my home ^^ and spiders can be adorable espically Lucas the spider
This comment makes me smile!
I am okay with spiders, but the house centipedes are just so viscerally creepy. Doesn’t help that they seem to be clumsy climbers, having seen them drop off the wall when I lived in houses with them.
House centipede: Please don't kill me!
Human: "Why?"
House Centipede:"I'm a great lover"
Human:"Fine. You win this round".
Alternate ending:
Centipede: "I'm a great lover..."
Human: *"Prove it."*
Cockroach < House Centipede < Chicken < Human < Cockroach
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@@JimRFF "I killed Roach :D"
@@JimRFF Sounds like deadpool 4
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. But I would prefer a long distance friendship.
OMG, thanks for the laugh xD
About 30 years ago, I was living in a basement apartment. I went to my kitchen to make a pot of coffee, and when I pushed the coffee maker back, a house-centipede darted out, ran across the back of my left hand, and disappeared into a crack in the wall in the corner. I jumped backwards with such force that I dented the door of my fridge and drove it into the wall. It wasn't working after that, so I had to call the landlord. After sheepishly explaining how I broke the fridge, he looked at me, then at my coffee maker. He pushed my coffee-maker back, and a centipede shot out from underneath it, causing the landlord to jump back and further damage the fridge. Then he took some expanding foam, sealed the crack the centipede went into, and gave it me. He told me to go ahead and seal whatever cracks needed it, and he'd have a new fridge here in the morning.
That's the best story I've read all year. Thank you
How many times did you sh*t yourself after you seen one of them damned centipedes? My guess is LOTS of times.
Cool story bro
@@avisa2714lmaoooooooooo
That was really cool of the centipede to give a reenactment and back your story. maybe they really arent so bad? now i just wonder if i could convince a centipede to lie for me.
I remember seeing one of these in my house. I didn't kill it though. Only because it outmanoeuvred me lol. It looks like a very small dead person's spine that for some reason decided to come to life and crawl out of a grave to scare the living shit out of people. Mission accomplished little guy.
Spiderpede, spiderpede
Peed whatever a spider peed!
Haha that's hilarious and there is an old movie called "Fiend Without a Face" and it's basically your description with a brain on it. lol Man you cracked me up! lol
We have many of these in the basement, and they continually make me almost fall down the stairs when they dart across the steps. I’ve also had one come out of the carpet and chase my cat across the house until I got it with a shoe (I usually leave them be, but that one was an exception, when even your semi-feral, bug-eating cat is terrified). I prefer spiders.
Well I'm never gonna look at these things the same way again... thanks...
@@PinkBlue_Spood hahaha yeup. Although, I lived in this 100 year old house for a few years before I got my own home. It was pretty run down and riddled with spiders and even the occasional giant millipede or scorpion. I didn't even know we had scorpions in Australia! Anyway it was all I could do to not get crash tackled by an overly affectionate wolf spider on my midnight treks to the toilet. But that's cool, it kept me on my toes.
They must be really scared of us too.
just last night i saw one. when i walked up to it,it hid behind something.
Yeah, they seem to be smarter than the average bug to me too. I turned on my shower and one comes out of the drain. Turned it back off, went back in again. Turned it on again, he comes roaring out of the drain trying to scurry out of the tub. Like ‘turn the water on me once, once I might forgive, but twice? Naw bro, we’re moving into your bed now! Better make room!’
@@guesswho2608 Lol, I'm willing to temporarily surrender my bathroom. We'd have a very large problem if I found it in my bed.
@@guesswho2608 The thought of an intelligent(ish) insect makes it even more creepy to me, lol.
Nothing puts a spring in my step quite like a centipede closing in at 4am when I'm sitting on the toilet
@@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e for me I feel I'm more comfortable around these smarter insects when handling them. These guys have never tried to bite me when I relocate them but the brown ones outside will automatically go to bite mode if you pick them up. Jumping spiders again are always extremely docile but I have very little trust for a lot of other species. Praying mantis are also very smart and can actually make really good pets. Sometimes I think the intelligence can make them rely less on bite and more on flight
House Centipedes are pretty much the ultimate bug bro: antisocial, fast, scared of people, eats all bugs, and generally don't bite.
antisocial in what way, as in disliked?
No they run from u and dont really like to be around any people.. so u never really see them.. they just happen to kill every pest in your home.. like cock roaches... etc..
information attained: centipedes are generous lovers
Agreed
These things scare the absolute crap out of me. They have no business being that fast.
My cat points them out, but wont go near them. She's like, "I'm the scout, you're the infantry. YOU deal with it"
@@jimmaurer8361 my cat wouldn’t touch them either and he has taken out mice and birds
having that many legs freaks the s out of me...
Why do things with lots of legs, especially long legs, creep us out? There’s got to be an evolutionary reason?
I was thinking about this the other day, about why people less afraid of jumping spiders, than other spiders? I think it might have something to do with the eyes as well as the legs, and fast movements. Bigger eyes make them appear "more human". If that makes any sense.
@@ChimpFromSpace I always find 'lankier' spiders creepier than fat ones, if they have a tiny body with giant legs it freaks me out a lot more than a jumping spider or some tarantula's that seem more round and normal with their proportions. that's why Harvestmen and Daddy-long-legs tend to freak me out... they just look so alien
Because we as humans, have only four appendages, and animals do as well so they seem more like us despite being animals, insects however especially ones with various legs have pretty much nothing in common with humans, so because they seem so alien compared to us, they freak us out, it’s like a situation where you can’t tell what someone is thinking
@@draconicusmathiusanytherio7630 except if you consider each finger an "appendage" we have 10, not including toes.
@@PsionicMonk you successfully made me a bit less scared of centipedes... and more scared of my fingers
Nothing like turning on the bathroom light in the middle of the night to see a mustache run across the room at mach 1.
A mustache 😂
This channel definitely deserves more views
It took a great deal of courage just to even watch this video! I have those creepy crawlers in the basement. As long as they stay there fine, but when they come upstairs that’s a whole different story!
Be glad you don't live in a BASEMENT apartment (like I do) ლ(ಠ_ಠ ლ)
Lifted up the toothpaste tube in my bathroom once and one of these was laying motionless perfectly on the sink underneath where it was. I was so shocked I didn’t even scream, I just instinctively threw the toothpaste down and stared at it for a while, trying to muster up the courage to stare it down and beat my fears, but to this day I’m still scared to lift anything in any bathroom
They are very fast that's why my cats love to hunt them. I have known how beneficial they are since I was a child 55 years ago. My grandmother told me about them. I capture them in a plastic cup and put them in the basement. My grandmother called them cellar centipedes.
I always try to tell people to not be afraid of them and cellar spiders (Daddy Long Legs) that they eat all kinds of real pests.
It's hypnotic when they are going fast the legs moving like a ripple.
That's a waaay better name for "cellar centipedes"
Animal Fact Files: centipedes not as nightmare inducing as they seem
Centipede: I HAVE FANG LEGS
Humans have fish scale teeth its fiiiine lol
Haven't stumbled across many of these legged legends personally, great informative video guys.☘
Thanks so much!
Critters with lots of legs never bothered me. I've always been ore concerned with bite or sting potential and whether they are poisonous. I rather like Daddy Long Legs for instance. I love having spiders and praying mantis and lady bugs in my garden. I tend to hate things that eat my garden plants. However, if they come into my house they are fair game for my cats.
lady bug is neat... even wasp help getting rid of catterpillar from our crops, always flying between our plants like looking for something
Personally, things with a lot of legs like the house centipede bother me more because they are less predictable than something more ridged like a spider.
@@jackdawson5490 how?? isnt something like Huntsmant Spider is less predictable? it can quicky jump and runaway fast
I used to have a problem with House Centipedes in my old house when I'd take a shower. They'd all come out of whatever hell they normally live in and try to hang out in the moist bathroom. I had one sit on the bristles of my toothbrush. I started having to bring all 3 of my cats into the bathroom with me. They'd have loads of fun hunting and eating them all before they could bother me.
"House centipedes are fine. Also they sting."
They WHAT?!
yeah for real that's. not helpful lol. sure theyre fearful of us but like. i dont wanna be stung.
I’ve been watching these videos ever since I killed one and now I feel so bad...
Me too, just last week. First time I love seen one. If there is a next time, I’ll try to relocate it outside, but he will be evicted, one way or another.
Maybe they are super heroes, but that doesn't change the fact that all these legs and the way they moves creep the shit out of me every time x)
I’ve got an infestation of them. Laying in bed just now one or two of them ran across my chest just a minute ago. Happened twice, so I looked up this video to make sure if I roll onto one in the middle of the night how bad it might hurt.
Bro please get tf out of that house
@@AcupofSprite Ong
The only reason that there are that many of them is because your house is infested with something else!
@@artistrg3487 Yep, they're eating something!!
I bought a cheap house that was "livable" ($10k)
Steal of a deal, but anyway.. there were spiders and centipedes in large numbers..
If you're still living there..SEAL your house the hell up. They're getting in and have been for a long time. They've been breeding too..
Seal, treat the outside and inside..glue traps everywhere will help reduce numbers but also help you see where they're getting in.
One of my newer favorite bugs💖 I started seeing them around my house and at first I was like, "was that an eyelash that just ran across my floor?" But then when I saw them more and learned about them I got so excited. If I find dead ones, depending on their condition, I make art with them ^_^
Come get this one out my house then lol this my first time seeing them ever in life n I'm scared it fell from the wall n went under the bed n then I looked n it's gone idk where it is n currently I'm sitting in the middle of my bed with a bleach bottle ready to spray I hate bugs ugh they all scare me
@@positivevibes8899 I know the feeling. I wrote about seeing one on my bedroom wall at 3am and was too terrified to go back to sleep.
You make art?? Lol
How?
@positivevibes8899 Hahaha I forgot about this. Turns out they actually eat other pesty bugs like roaches so that's one reason why I like them so much 😅 and they got such cute little faces 🥰
@@klaywavy I put them in resin 😅
I'd rather have somebody throw a garbage bag of spiders on me than touch a centipede
I'm not squeamish about insects etc. but the first time I saw a house centipede I about lost it! Creepiest looking bug ever....
Interesting fact :
They absolutely love the feel of carburetor cleaner or brake cleen, sprayed on themselves. They instantly pass out and never move again.
They hit that euphoria and ascend to q new dimension.
Lol
Uh oh
Use a bifenthrin or deltamethrin based low danger pesticide think suspend or Talstar or ortho home defense premixed, much safer for environment over spraying a volatile petroleum distillate and actually offers a residual barrier that’s non repellant so the bugs actually will get into it and die.
@@Just.A.T-Rex if you have a medium - large amount of them living and( practically ) owning the home, that would be an excellent solution.
In my case, I only see one every two months or so, in the basement only...and they are BIG and FAST. CRC automotive products clean greasy parts and instantly kill anything smaller than a grapefruit.
As someone who lives in the Southeastern USA, these guys and spiders are welcome in my house. They merc the pests that invade during the cold winter months, and generally go off and do their own thing in the summer.
Now if only my cats could tolerate them.
Centipedes where I live are 3 to 4 inches long and pack a vicious and painful bite. A friend got bitten on the big toe and it turned black and swelled up so bad he couldn't walk. I find them sometimes in my house, dead, because I have the house professionally sprayed four times a year.
They're still creepy looking, but education is everything. I have much more respect for them than I did before.
Nah, that thing crawled in my bed and I never found it. That terror will never go away!
Unfortunately centipedes are the one insect that absolutely terrify me. I've made a pact with myself to never kill any living creature no matter how small or seemingly insignificant but the first and last time I tried to catch a centipede to bring it outside alive it got out of the paper towel and ran up my arm...I think my ancestors heard me scream. Now I let my family deal with them while I hide like a coward praying for forgiveness for breaking my vow.
This didn't make me them less the thing of my nightmares. It only just intensified it. Cheers for that.
I don’t even want to know what the Australian house centipede looks like. I’m good
Was traumatized by a nest of them, like several dozens of them, behind some drywall slabs in the basement as a kid. Ugh it was so terrible.
"Not as nightmare inducing as they seem."
Nope, I came here to say nope, they are still just as nightmare inducing after I watched the video as they were before I watched it.
They're the guard dogs of your bastion. Think of them as little knights who protect you from the parasites. Both are spooky but one protects your realm. This is why I respect spiders I find.
@@jungoogie No, I get it. But I think it's in everyone's best interests that we never bump into each other lol.
They are well named. As a boy I encountered them more often in basements than under boards, rocks, or splash blocks. I found more of the shorter legged centipedes outdoors.
They're so creepy. I can't even deal.
Woke up to my leg itching to heck and three paired puncture wounds in my leg. Found the culprit, dead and flat in my sheets. Can't blame him, I would have bit me too.
They've always freaked me out. I'm cool with most creepy crawlies but the house centipede just sends shivers up my spine. Leave them be though. I have a huge one that likes my airbrush booth for some reason.
Stop cleaning the house every five minutes, and they'll leave you alone.
I'd never seen or even heard of these in my entire life until I saw one earlier this year. I've seen a few hanging around since. Definitely was very creepy looking at first, but I quickly noticed that they don't seem aggressive or anything. The ones I've seen here are mostly scared of me but somewhat friendly/curious as well.
Yep, just saw one in my bathroom. I wasn't wearing my glasses so I assumed it was a hair splotch left over from someone shaving who didn't clean well. Then it *moved* and I freaked when I got a good look at it.
I had no idea this creature existed. I thought it was just the largest silverfish I had ever seen. Thank God it was so easy to research. I just decided to forfeight my bathroom to it for the rest of the night and hopefully it'll move on when it runs out of food (I very rarely ever see any pests in my house).
I did this one time! I had to leave my house after seeing one crawl somewhere I couldn't reach and I just stayed out for hours and hoped it was gone when I returned! Whew! I'm glad you were able to figure it out quickly!
All my "House Centipedes" transform into "Flushed Down the Toilet Centipedes"!
Mine become vacuum centipedes. Or I trap them under a cup and somehow by the next day they have literally run all of their legs off.
House Centipede: *exists*
Me: So anyways I started blastin
I was bit by one after it crawled on my leg and figured it was a mosquito so I instinctively swatted it. Instantly I felt a very sharp pain along with a very hot burning feeling so I tried to pull it off but found out quickly that it had attached itself to my leg and literally had to pull it off with a lot of energy. It was terrifying and have been obsessed and scared of them ever since .
AAAHHHH
I've made a tentative pact with my house centipedes:
The floor is yours. Go nuts. If you climb up on the walls or furniture where I can clearly see you, it's your funeral.
I was working in a tight crawl space fixing a beam, I smashed a cinder block with my hammer to remove it and instantly hundreds of these things flooded out .. I'll never forget that day.
I saw one of these little guys crawl along my floor and was memorized on how it's legs flowed and moved. I got a little scared of it and decided to research, and I'm very glad I did! My basement has spider and centi/millipede problems, so knowing these little dudes eat them makes me kinda like them!
Back in college my roommate's boyfriend said these were adult silverfish, I found out a few years later what they really are. I played a joke on him. We were all in an business entertainment course, graphic design, modeling, storyboarding among others. I took a piece of plasticene clay and a few bristles from our broom and sculpted a house centipede... Then I stuck it in his shoe. Our one art teacher lived in another dorm stopped by and saw him freak out when he went to put the shoe on. Our teacher picked up the bug asked if I made it. I said "I did" he said "good job."
I'm sorry but when it comes to horrifying creatures like this I can't overlook their speed and appearance for what they do. Spiders are fine but these are just lightning quick and make my skin crawl thinking about them.
I lived in a basement apartment when I first moved to Canada and there were lots of big ones that terrified me. I killed so many but after a while I started to feel guilty and just let them be. They seem oddly aware compared to other bugs sometimes. I killed them out of pure fear but I really wish I hadn’t.
Like many of us and bugs
I haven't watched the video yet but I gotta say this: when one of those fuckers is SPRINTING AT YOU from across the room, you best bet I'ma burn the house down.
Alright update for after the video:
Nothing has changed and I still will proceed to burn the house down if I see them.
Thank you for teaching me something new. I won't go bug kill crazy anymore when i see one and just leave it alone.
Alright so...I have NEVER, EVER, seen THAT kind of centipede in my house. Smaller, tiny ones, but nothing that horrific looking!
Didn't have these in Texas. Moved to SW Missouri with a basement. 2+ inch one on my wall. Screamed and ran. Was trapped in my room because it was on the door frame above me.
I've never seen a house centipedes. I've only had bark centipedes in the house and those do freak me out
The youtube algorithm is reading my nightmares.
Honestly, I'm still probably gonna squish them. I let spiders out (unless they're those invasive weird spindly house spiders), but these things will send me shrieking.
JC Does Stuff...indeed it squishes and shrieks I imagine all sorts of other unsavory and uncalled for things
I once lived in an apartment infested with them so I became desensitized. All the up-close shots are somehow anxiety-inducing, though
nooooo:(((((((((((((((((
Well, I'm guessing that meant that you never saw any cockroaches. If these things only stayed on the floor, then occasionally sharing your space with one might not be so bad (but shake your shoes out before putting them on).
That means that apartment had a much more concerning infestation. You'll only see large numbers of house centipedes if there's an infestation of one of their food sources.
@@norbertpall9534 LOL.
And I love your name.
I had one if these speeding towards me while i was on the toilet a few days ago and it looked like it was going to war... Say a prayer guys he's not here with us anymore.
I know they look weird but they're more afraid of us than you are of them. When I find them, I do try to give them little bits of food and water bcause I love these little guys. They're kinda cute to me.
when I lived in NYC I learned that any apartment that had a couple of those things had zero roach problems
They're pretty effective hunters!
"not as nightmarish as they seem"
Also
"I HAVE FANG LEGS"
I have gary the spider who lives above my fridge, and ive seen two different house centipedes scury around my basement steps, they are the only roommates ill put up with.
Watching this after I saw a centipede crawl from the family bathroom into my bedroom and now I won't be able to sleep
My wife is Japanese she had a few house centipedes in her house. She wanted them there. I understand this is common in Japan. If I'm wrong I'm sure someone will let me know LOL
Those modified front legs are called toxicognaths and I just made Clint of Clint's Reptiles very happy by finding a place to mention one of his favorite terms.
Stinkin rad!
Idc what you say seeing this running around is like seeing a spawn from hell scurrying through your house in a many legged rolling mechanical nightmarish way.
Found my cat playing with one and completely lost my sh*t. They're quite safe because I'm too chicken to go anywhere near them.
Major bodily trauma? Bring it on! These guys? Nopenopenopenopenopenope....
When we first moved into this house in 1973 that had a crawlspace we soon discovered that Centipedes loved this home design.
BUT once smashed they slide down drain smoothly even though they don’t appear to be happy about the trip.
Even though I have multiple old and new world tarantulas and a few scorpions, these still give me the creeps! Great video!
I once had one of these crawl across my chest in my sleep so I quickly turned on all lights to make sure I wasn’t tripping only to find no trace of anything. Come the next morning I wake to what I thought was only a hallucination and see this giant monstrous sized critter just chilling 2 inches away from my face. I had jumped up so fast in that same second I had time to drive to Walmart get the biggest timbs I could find and purge the thing. It can’t hurt no one else anymore
I've seen these buggers around my house a few times and they don't scare me, just creep the crap out of me. Sure, the legs are creepy, but I am most concerned about it sprinting at me and attacking me. Thank you for this informative video.
They do move quite fast! Glad you enjoyed the video!
I use to live in a nasty rental house in a bad part of town. I never had a roach problem, but found what was left of a colony in the basement. After seeing some pretty hefty house centipedes down there, I concluded that they killed and ate them all.
There are dozens to hundreds of these in my basement.. they don't really bother me at this point. They're pretty chill
When i first read "The Maze Runner" i imagined the Grievers looking kind of like these guys but with mechanical legs lol
Good ol' nightmare fuel!
Not me with a phobia of centipedes learning that they can run a foot in less than a second 😅
>Common name House Centipede
>Me: silverfish.
I live in the basement so I see these guys way more than I would like too, and I sometimes have them crawling on my ceiling. There was one on the ceiling above my bed, and I watched as it fell onto my bed and then crawled into one of the spaces in the wood.
>furry
>lives in his basement
checks out
@@redcrown5154 I used to share a room with my sister but my family and I cleaned out the apartment in the basement cuz the room we shared was too small for both my sister and I(also she is so messy and I was the only reason that room was semi decent lol)
I moved to the country from in town a few years back and I saw one for the first time on my bedroom wall and it scared the shit out of me. I looked away for literally 2 seconds and it was gone! I did not enjoy the rest of that night. But now after living with them in my house these last few years, I’ve learned to either catch them and throw them outside or just let them hang out and get eat the other bugs in my house.
I'm still convinced they came from hell
I absolutely love these little guys. They're so mesmerizing to watch
Their leg movements are very deliberate, and almost rhythmic. I can see why they're nightmare fuel for most people, but I quite like them. At least when there isn't an infestation of them. Then again, an infestation of anything isn't nice.
One of them ran across my bare foot while I was sitting in a computer chair once.
I now always have my feet up when sitting in chairs, when I'm not wearing shoes.
Im at work with shoes on and am still anxious now
Happened to me while I was on the toilet in my old apartment. It was not long after that I moved out. lol.
I remember seeing these when I was a kid in Illinois. They would always fall apart when I caught them. Poor guys.
Had one fall on me from the ceiling while I was at my desk. and another across my foot as well.... Not very welcoming, but I don't wipe them out when I see them. One hung out in my sink for a few days
This video is terrifying to me due to my phobia of centipedes and millipedes
I have only ever encountered one of these little dudes in my entire life... and I spend most of my time indoors...
Today on Animal Fact Files, I put on my high heels and play Metroid music
I love bugs but these were always one of the few exceptions. However I've lately been warming up to them! Knowing that they're just looking for food helped a lot, plus they're kinda cute! Sure, I get startled at first; they always seem to come out of nowhere! But after the first few seconds I just say hey to them.
Cool channel. I've got few closed ecosystems with centipedes and millipedes so this videos are really useful for me. Thank you. Good job
Oh that's so cool! Glad you found us!
I have house centipedes and I just, don't like how they look. They scare me too much.
1:54 I believe that the word they wanted was “sight”. A “site” is a place rather than something you see or “encounter “
Thanks for pointing bring that out! Must have missed that in the final edit!
Lived in a basement for quite a few years as a youth and spent many late nights gaming. I've seen these a ton..
Some people are allergic to house centipedes venom and have died but it's still the same as being stung by a bee
In 7th grade I was sitting there at my desk next to my desk buddy, Chris, and I was making a joke about something and he freaked the fudge out. Screaming like a little girl. Well turns out I had a house centipede crawling up my shoulder LOL it freaked me out too.
They caresses each other's antenna? That's *adorable*
These things would make my mother scream bloody murder. I did too at first but then I realized they were big harmless pest exterminators. The sensation of all those little legs walking on your arm does take a good gut, though.
Those things are so fast that they can drift which is kind of funny and sick but also scary
You forgot one very awesome part. Those modified chelicerae are called toxicognath! How stinkin rad is that?!