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brown 14 pairs of legs and fast (House centipede/

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Moni got it :)
by: Anonymous

Moni got it right.. I just had one scurry across my floor and my declawed cat beat it around till it moved on to another life... they are ugly things but they seem to have a pretty good purpose.... one thing that I did find when researching was that it CAN bite if scared and it will feel like a bee sting.. so when killing use protection cause one never knows :S
House centipede
by: Moni

Anonymous
If you want it Id'ed then send us a photo :-)
House centipede
by: Moni

Creeped out
The house centipede adult has 15 pair of legs with the last pair (on adult females) nearly twice the length of the body. The body is 1 to 1 1/2 inches in length. This gives the centipede an overall appearance of being from three to four inches in length (including legs and antennae).
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by: Anonymous

i found one of those and i am trying to identify it, it looks exactly like yours
Mutant house centipede?
by: Creeped Out

Can house centipedes grow bigger than 1.5"? I have an infestation and these things are a lot bigger than that, likely 3" to 4". I am not exaggerating. I measured one I squished...
harmless house centipedes
by: Mira

After occasional encounters with giant desert centipedes in the past, I've always been happy to run into a harmless house centipede for a change! ;) Their looks remind me of a plume from a feather duster.
House centipede
by: Moni

Teresa
Your critter is a house centipede. Centipedes have one pair of legs per body segment...as opposed to 2 pair of legs per body segment that a millipede has... or 4 pair of legs like the spider class and 3 pair of legs like the insect class.
Centipedes seen indoors are found in damp areas such as bathrooms, cellars, and crawl spaces. It will venture beyond these areas and is often seen quickly scurrying across floors or climbing a wall. These relatives of insects are predatory on other arthropods, including cockroach nymphs, flies, moths, bedbugs, crickets, silverfish, earwigs, and small spiders. So, they eat many things you'd probably rather not have in your home.They are beneficial, not a problem other than a nuisance.

For those who think it might be a silverfish. Silverfish are only about 1/2 inch long, are silver, and have 6 legs, antenna, and a three-part tail. Silverfish spend all year indoors; they are active at night and hide during the day avoiding direct light. Silverfish are omnivorous - eating starchy foods, cereals, moist wheat flour, glue on book bindings and wallpaper, starch in clothing made of cotton or rayon fabric; outdoor individuals eat lichens.

sorry!
by: Anonymous

sorry teresa; i meant the one i saw recently crawling very quickly across the living room rug was 2 1/2 inches long and very scary - but otherwise looked exactly like your photo. i really hope someone knows for sure what it is!!!
Size does matter.
by: teresa

It is'nt 2 1/2 inches... It's only 1 1/4 inches...
silverfish?
by: Anonymous

I've seen these occasionally; can a silverfish be 2 1/2 inches long? VERY scary looking.
FAST BUG
by: Rick

I BELIEVE THAT LOOKS LIKE A SILVERFISH

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