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Many Little Legs

🕑 Added 2022-12-12 02:13:48 +0000 UTC

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YsabetJustYsabet

Here you go: https://www.environmentalpestcontrol.ca/centipedes#:~:text=Although%20approximately%2070%20different%20species,common%20centipedes%20in%20North%20America. At least they're not Giant Desert Centipedes-- we have them here (Arizona) and they get up to 8" long and can sting the hell out of you.

Peter Davoust

Oh I don’t even want to know about African or South American centipedes. Nope.

Peter Davoust

I think the biggest I’ve seen was maybe 7cm? Which isn’t massive, but it’s too big for something with that many legs.

Todd Ellner

Not huge by African or South American standards

OftenSane

They also eat roaches and silverfish, which can objectively cause actual harm to the house. I get it, that many legs squig me out something fierce, but they're strictly in the capture and release category in our house.

Clifton Royston

How huge is huge in this context? Are we talking 4 cm or 20 cm?

Clifton Royston

I abruptly need an INSECURITY T-shirt and/or badge.

Clifton Royston

House centipedes are totally adorable little beasts. Centipedes like the Pacific island varieties grow into big venomous monsters that are heart-stoppingly terrifying, and even the teeny tiny cute looking ones have excruciatingly painful bites. Know your monsters is all I'm saying.

Peter Davoust

I discovered house centipedes when I moved to Montreal. As mention before, they’re harmless to people (and actually kinda cool), but they’re terrifying and goddamn can they grow HUGE.

Ack

Do not send us centipedes. THE SPIDERS WILL TEACH THEM THEIR WAYS.

Zak Reichle

I didn't know I wanted them to have this back story, but now I refuse to believe otherwise.

Todd Ellner

since i don't live in australia i would much rather have spiders than centipedes

Amanda L

they eat spiders? OK, I am going to need you guys to ship a whole box of these to my place in Australia, STAT

Daryl Sawyer

House centipedes look creepy, but they're harmless, and they eat spiders.

Stephen Wells

"This is my security badge. It... helps a bit... sometimes..." (fidgets nervously) (accidentally discharges Taser into own foot) (chassis is, fortunately, not conductive) (gets hair braided soothingly by Claire)

Dandi Andi

They're an all acoustic percussion band. Their biggest hits are "Fascination is Forbidden" and "I Long for Nothing, Least of All You"

ValdVin

Anti Human League sounds like an AI band the exact opposite of 80s Brit Wave. What would that resemble?

Zak Reichle

So that's not a uniform for security it is in fact a security blanket.

Dallas Hicks

Manitoban here. Can confirm on the house centipedes.

Jim Feldman

The existing anti-human league wanted to bug their room to make a case against Claire.

Some Ed

Aren't we all? (Now I should probably quickly point out to my coworkers that killing me over my saying this would in fact prove that you're insecure. Hurting me in any way over it would, also. Just to be clear.)

Stephen Wells

I just realised that the Security lady is, in fact, insecure :) awwwwwwwww.

Ruth Merriam

Aww, look at Claire already giving orders and taking charge. Where does she sign?

Nicolas Dao-Phan

I think you meant house hippos.

Josh

I like them. I think of them as my tiny minions, patrolling my house for unwanted bugs and doing unspeakable things to them. Of course they're terrifying-looking - that's the point. The important thing is, they're on *my* side, and their loyalty is unquestionable.

Carol Metzger

I love my centipedes. They are like pretty little racing eyelashes.

Chris Crowther

One the plus side, they eat spiders. On the downside, they're still fucking terrifying in their own right.

Summer Sudbrink

As long as they don't get too big.

joe velsher

and yes we do have those in canada. Cats love 'em, and they keep the spider population down. they basically kill and eat anything smaller than them. so we like them, I guess?