These are all over the Chicago area…
This one is tiny … I’ve killed some over 4 inches…
How to get these out of my condo…?
We didn’t have these until now… I’m sure one of our new residents brought them in.
I’ve never had an apartment without these pests in Chicago.
That thing is scary looking…
holy crap those things must suck…
Chase
there crawling on and in you when your asleep.
That’s a centipede. Does your complex provide pest control? If so they are going to need to spray for them. Either a wettable powder or a suspended concentrate. Also some glue boards for monitoring and catching them would be helpful.
Our roaches don’t look so bad.
yeah, suuit cases full :o
We caught our fifth and sixth mouse today in the last four to five weeks time period. One was in the cupboard in the cube trap this morning. Then a moment later I was heading downstairs and Chrissy the cat was at the bottom of the stairs batting around an almost dead mouse. Where in the world are they all coming from? I dumped the cube trapped mouse out in the back yard for Baxter again. He likes to have them over to play. But this time he let the little thing get under the fence to the neighbor’s yard and escape. If the varmit comes back, we’ll get him again.
In the sixteen years we’ve been here, I’ve had one mouse in the house and seen one outside. We’ve never had anything like this!
Dave-
A Mossberg pump 12 gauge with birdshot works well on centipedes. Chad should have told you that but he’s holding back trade secrets.
Bruce-
I happen to know that you have an anti-mouse .30-06 in the house. Why not use it?
That doesn’t look like the one-pair-of-legs-per-body-segment centipede that I am familiar with. Are you sure about this one, Chad? That’s an unfamiliar looking critter to me. You can ask most of the folks on the forum and they’ll be convinced that Bush created it for some covert operation. Try Billy; he’ll give you the facts.
Bruce,
Have you had any construction or land disturbances in your neighborhood? Mice may be looking for a new home. You may have had a breeding mouse family close by too.
We get rat visits due to our chicken coop. The occasional solo rat usually ends up snapped on one of our traps but when they breed close by it is really tough to get rid of all those buggers.
I personally don’t recomend using firearms in the house for rodent control. Back in college I worked for a residential consruction crew, one of the framers once shot up his kitchen trying to kill a mouse. Of course he lived in a rental.
Just another example of how Harper and me are just the same!!!
I need help with MOSQUITOES!! I’m thinking of building a toad water spot, by sinking a plastic garbage pail and filling it with water, then running a pump of soem sort of water fall to keep it circulating.
I hear toads eat the mosquitoes, adn the slugs that also bother the plants.
I did a bit of research and found that this is a “house centipede”. They are considered beneficial because they feed on other insects.
Check out Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_centipede
It is still a really ugly critter. I would not want one in my house.
Good show! I couldn’t find that rascal when I searched for it.
Sissy.
You’re dating again?
I just saw a video of a giant centipede capturing and killing a bat!
I’m glad we just have the regular-sized ones…
Catch it in flight??
Where’s the video?
By the way, bats are good.
Bugman’s the one!
