I'm happy to know these crazy insectoids live in my basement. (900 hits)
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Submitted by Rhymenocerous (View user info) at 2008-02-26 09:05:53 EST
So, my apartment is 2 floors. We have the ground floor and the basement. In the basement is a huge open living room area, 2 bedrooms, a full bathroom, and a washer/dryer. My room is in the basement. The other night I was walking down the stairs to go to bed when I catch something in the corner of my eye. I turn to look next to the other bedroom door, on the wall, and I see this creepy looking bug thing skittering about. I have no idea what it is but it freaked me out for a few seconds. I grabbed my camera and took a picture, then I went upstairs to tell my roommates about the little bugger. By the time we got back, the little bastard ran off.
I re-sized the image. I wish I could have left it full size so you could see the detail of this nasty little fucker. However, too many of you would complain about having to scroll to see the whole thing.
Enjoy! This little shit was probably 2 inches long. I hope you all have nightmares.
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Submitted by loopdeloo (user info) at 2008-02-27 13:24:23 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
FUCK THAT!!!
I will have nightmeres for a week now!
Thanks :)
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2008-02-26 15:34:53 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
kill the silver fish
Submitted by Hookhand (user info) at 2008-02-26 15:03:15 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
You remember that scene in Predator when he took off his mask?
That was scary.
Submitted by FALLEN (user info) at 2008-02-26 11:53:40 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Buy a dehumidifier to dry the place out, you're probably also dying from mold spores as we speek.
I don't kill them because someone told me they eat spiders, and spiders are icky.
Submitted by Fungah (user info) at 2008-02-26 11:41:14 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_centipede
Submitted by LittleMonster (user info) at 2008-02-26 11:14:38 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Will be cool when said boat is finished Orph. Plus when what ever is living on it with me leaves. Also will be alot less lame when boat is back in the water.
I feel like such a twat lving on a boat that sits and stares at the water with a worried look in her eyes.
"Put me in that and I'll sink. I will. I'll do it to spite you"
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-02-26 11:08:35 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
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Submitted by LittleMonster (user info) at 2008-02-26 15:44:36 GMT (#)
Ranking: 2
I have ceased to do any more work on the far end of the boat for the forseable future, because I was ferreting around trying to get to a deck fitting which is at the end of a long storage hold. It's 6ft long and it's a bit like lying in a coffin working in there. Anyhoo, I was fully wedged in and arms outstreatched and something wiggled against my hand.....
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Wait, you live on a boat?! A BOAT?! Jesus, I HAD NO IDEA!! That must be, like, so cool!!
:)
Submitted by RyuFu (user info) at 2008-02-26 10:49:55 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
When I was little we used to live in a house that was just barely more than a tenement. A cockroach creeped into my mom's ear while she was sleeping. They had to remove it in the hospital.
Slightly embarrassing.
Submitted by Rhymenocerous (user info) at 2008-02-26 10:48:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2008-02-26 10:42:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Psssh. Silverfish. Try living in the country for a while and those will be the least of your concerns.
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I'm glad its just silverfish and not coyotes anymore. Where I used to live, coyotes got very people-friendly. This one old lady was walking her little dog near the edge of some trees and a coyote trotted right out of the woods, right up to her dog on the leash, snatched the dog up and trotted right back into the woods like it was nothing. Between reading stories like that in the news and hearing them scream at night outside your bedroom window...then finding dead cats in your back yard...it was pretty hectic for a few years.
Submitted by LittleMonster (user info) at 2008-02-26 10:44:36 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I have ceased to do any more work on the far end of the boat for the forseable future, because I was ferreting around trying to get to a deck fitting which is at the end of a long storage hold. It's 6ft long and it's a bit like lying in a coffin working in there. Anyhoo, I was fully wedged in and arms outstreatched and something wiggled against my hand.....
Never would have belived I could contort my body in that way. Nothing and I mean NOTHING will make me go back down there to tackle that bad boy. Even the cat wont go down to find out what it is.
It was damp though people. DAMP.
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2008-02-26 10:42:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Psssh. Silverfish. Try living in the country for a while and those will be the least of your concerns.
Submitted by Blinkish (user info) at 2008-02-26 10:42:05 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
PUKE
I fucking hate these things, they're disgusting. Move, it's the only option.
Submitted by LittleMonster (user info) at 2008-02-26 10:34:13 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by creep_firebombing (user info) at 2008-02-26 09:13:16 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
JESUS FUCK ALMIGHTY
Spray poison on every surface you don't lick!
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-02-26 10:16:02 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I think silverfish look pretty as they dive in and out of your carpet weave, the light catches them and they look sparkley.
I can't believe this is the only post all day. Where is everyone? *looks behind the settee*
Submitted by Rhymenocerous (user info) at 2008-02-26 10:08:44 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I've heard they're quite common where I live but this was the first time I've seen one in person. Pretty flippin weird looking. The only real creepy aspect is falling asleep with the thought they could crawl in your ear or something.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2008-02-26 10:07:33 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Quit burying dead hookers in the basement and the problem will go away. Although I've found that if you douche them with lysol and give them a quick dip in bleach it helps.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2008-02-26 10:07:33 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Silverfish.
I grew up in Cali and the east coast and never saw them, but when I lived a short time in OK and KS I saw them quite a bit.
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2008-02-26 10:05:41 EST (#)
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Use poisonous gasses....to poison their asses
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Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-02-26 09:59:14 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
When I lived in the midwest I'd see them occasionally. Use the can of wasp death that sprays 20 feet or so. It contains a neurotoxin that immediately kills pretty much any insect. Or, be proactive and get rid of the moisture that keeps them alive so they leave.
None of those in Florida, though it's not for lack of moisture. The scorpions eat 'em.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-02-26 09:52:31 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I see those ugly piece of shit centipede looking things every once in a while.
Submitted by Ltap (user info) at 2008-02-26 09:49:17 EST (#)
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Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2008-02-26 09:26:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
GOOD EATIN'!
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This amused me.
Submitted by Pentameter (user info) at 2008-02-26 09:28:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I have them at my place too...I absolutely hate the fucking things.
They like moisture, so keep that in mind. If lace the cracks in your living area with bug spray, that should keep them away for the most part. They also like dark places too.
And I shuddered when I saw the picture. BLECH.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2008-02-26 09:26:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
GOOD EATIN'!
Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2008-02-26 09:21:58 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Silverfish
they like wet areas, specifically wet plasterboard or drywall such as bathrooms or piles of old newpaper in basements.
Harmless
unless you find one that is 12' long and speaks German
then you should run
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-02-26 09:19:49 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
EW!
Did it wave an antennae at you, like it was sniffing?
Submitted by Cyrus (user info) at 2008-02-26 09:19:42 EST (#)
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I occasionally find them in my basement as well. I think they're common in the Midwest.
Submitted by celtic1888 (user info) at 2008-02-26 09:14:49 EST (#)
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The house centipede, Scutigera coleoptrata, is a yellowish grey centipede with 15 pairs of legs. http://images.google.com/images?q=house+centipede&hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=images&ct=title
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2008-02-26 09:14:39 EST (#)
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That's pretty rank.
At least our dull British weather is tempered by dull insect life. Although the common house fly is annoying enough.
Submitted by creep_firebombing (user info) at 2008-02-26 09:13:16 EST (#)
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JESUS FUCK ALMIGHTY
Spray poison on every surface you don't lick!
Submitted by Ltap (user info) at 2008-02-26 09:09:46 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
ummm... it's a bug? Looks like it'd be hard to kill though.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2008-02-26 09:08:47 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
that is fucking nasty.
Submitted by hour_man (user info) at 2008-02-26 09:07:39 EST (#)
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