Into the vacuum they go!
They are good, they eat spiders and other bugs
The spiders go into the vacuum too! They can eat them there.
Wait, spider bro keeps away other bugs too.
Vacuum. Bugs go in the vacuum.
Bugs you can SEE go in the vacuum. You have to train the rest to hide better.
We get these:
Tarantula Hawk Wasps. Fortunately, they only attack tarantulas, unless you antagonize them.
Fucking Cazadores, the bane of any new vegas run
They absolutely do NOT only attack tarantulas. They will sting the ever living fuck out of you, and have one of the most painful stings of any insect on the planet.
I have been stung by one and it hurts like a mother fucker.
Those wasps are dead. They don’t just chill like that.
Yeah their legs are totally stiff in the pic lol
And their wings are out. Most flying insects don’t have their wings outstretched unless flying.
If they were alive, their wings would be folded straight down their back.
Dang can I ask what you were doing when you got stung? Also what was that like? That’s supposed to be like one of the most painful things ever!
We have them where I live (tho it’s pretty rare to actually see them out and about) but it’s pretty hard to get them to sting you here. You have to basically accidentally squish it or something
I was pulling a calf out of a momma cow in the field. I’m guessing her stomping around had already pissed it off since they burrow in the ground. Thing came out of nowhere and got me in the side of the neck lol. It was excruciating. Felt like I got stabbed in the throat.
I also got stung by a cow killer/velvet ant/ground hornet as a teenager by being a dumbass. That one hurt like hell too.
Dude! Those are both on the list of most painful insect stings in the world. You are probably one of the few humans in the world to be stung by both of those lol. I dunno if that makes you unlucky or maybe you’ve got nothing but good luck in front of you after getting that out of the way. Either way, you are one tough customer!
I suppose they’re better than tarantulas… Ugh
Tarantulas are wonderful little creatures. I’d have one as a pet, but I don’t think they should be kept as pets.
They’re beautiful!
The bright golden wings contrasted with the black body is very striking. I take a minute to admire them when I see one.
I was hiking one time outside and saw what looked like a wounded mouse slowly limping across the trail or something. When I got closer it was one of these dudes dragging a tarantula to its burrow! It was like living thru a planet earth scene or something. I never thought I’d ever get to see that in person!
House centipedes. They have a lot of fast delicate legs and are quite creepy. I think they eat spiders.
These little guys can live for up to 7 years so be sweet to them.
I look at them like this: If a company made a little robot that does it’s best to stay hidden from your view, crawls through the innards of your home in search of spiders, bed bugs, termites, and ants, it would probably cost thousands of dollars.
In my experience, I see them an awful lot for something trying to stay hidden. I get them in my basement and they inevitably come upstairs. My cats try to eat them when they come upstairs. I also have spiders in my basement. So they aren’t doing the best job at eating all the spiders.
Every centipede you see equals ~700 dead spiders that aren’t living in your house laying eggs and biting you. You’d have WAY more spiders without them
For what it’s worth, I’m team spider. Centipedes are way creepier. Spiders are cool.
I accidentally picked one up once. I had just stepped into the shower, naturally didn’t have my glasses on, and saw a piece of what I thought was lint. I picked up the lint to put it in the garbage, saw that it was squirming then threw it against the shower door so hard it splattered.
In India I bent over to pick up a sock from the floor in the shower but it was a butterfly with one half of its wing chewed off.
Thing was big as two palms.
(I never found the sock)
Hand palms or tree palms
You know what I just decided palm fronds like off those really big palm trees
How did you survive?
It’s a butterfly. Unless you are liquid, it won’t be able to do much about you even if it is huge. At least I think their mouths are straws, maybe I’m way off on that.
I died.
Engrossed saying that they eat other bugs is completely missing the fact that these things only show up if there are other bugs to eat.
If you spot one of these mfers it means you have a pest problem you’re completely unaware of. It’s the same with a lot of house spiders too. If you see a bug predator that means you have a lot of bug prey
House centipedes will eat any intruders in your house, even spiders.
They do not leave noticeable poop either, so they are very clean. They may leave less tasty parts of their prey if they are full, tho.
They prefer darker and damper places than spiders, so if you keep dark and damp corner spots near the floor, like plant pots with humid soil in a corner, or a cool basement, you can reduce the chances of them eating your house spiders that prefer higher locations.
That way, your spiders will be safer, letting them eat the moths, flies, and mosquitoes that house centipedes have a harder time catching, while house centipedes will be more likely to stick to to silverfish, cockroaches, ants, termites, and the like.i am fine with anything except cockroaches. Those get genocided
What about bed bugs?
just below cockroaches. I am taking bed bugs
They’re just special ops cockroaches.
Put it gently in a jar and release it outside. Mass insect death is real.
That’s probably the last of its kin.
Which is fortunate.
I do this with spiders. I like spiders. But centipedes, ants, and box elder bugs receive no quarter from me.
I’ll just leave cellar spiders where they are, they’re pretty chill. They always go to the same spots and never bother anyone.
Ungodly fast things. But I have no problem with them in the basement, it’s everywhere else that bothers me.
Well they don’t have any problem with you outside of the basement so just don’t go down into the basement! Ever. They do basement stuff down there. It’s better that you don’t know.
As someone who likes and appreciates insects, I will definitely admit that scolopendromorphs give me the fucking heebie jeebies bigtime
