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Centipedes! Ew! Help!



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MMEC123  




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Aug 16 2005, 7:30 pm
My apartment complex has a problem with them apparently (I've asked all my neighbors who all have the same problem!). I keep finding these awful looking bugs everywhere! Tiny ones, bigger ones, and even bigger yet! They're awful. I kill them each time (or have DH do it Very Happy ) and they keep showing up. I know they're not dangerous (well unless they bite you, and then it's like a bee sting- so I've read) but ew!! And from what I've read they like to hide in shoes and laundry baskets and beds! Yikes! My husband thinks I'm a little wacky but I sleep with the bed a few inches off the wall because I've looked up and the wall over my head and seen a centipede sitting there one too many times!

Now, the point of this thread is not too complain (though, ah, that felt good). The real point is: HOW DO I GET RID OF THEM!?!?!? Especially since it's the whole complex, not just my apartment!
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Tefila  




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Aug 16 2005, 7:47 pm
Mind my dumb question here but how does a centipede look exactly and then I'll tell u why Confused
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  MMEC123  




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Aug 16 2005, 8:04 pm
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fa......html

Pictures are on the right. I get more of the ones on the far right (though I've had the other kind too). They're like brownish color kind of...
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613  




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Aug 17 2005, 10:40 am
can you speak to your building maintenance about it? I know our complex hired an exterminator once a week to go to whoever requests.
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  Tefila




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Aug 17 2005, 10:42 am
Phew b"h it's not that shock
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Tovah




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Aug 17 2005, 11:17 am
how abt putting that powder stuff by widows and door to kill them
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  613




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Aug 17 2005, 11:28 am
From your link:
Quote:
Centipedes prey on insects, spiders and other small animals, being considered beneficial to humans....
...They usually occur in small numbers and, in spite of their fearful appearance, they are considered harmless to humans. Most in the United States do not bite humans, but a few tropical species will bite, inflicting painful wounds. The jaws of young centipedes are usually not strong enough to cause more than a slight pinch when biting.
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  MMEC123




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Aug 17 2005, 12:30 pm
Called maintenance. Nothing can really be done because it's an old, yicky building (well, they're all old and yicky). The weather also affects it- like in the winter BA"H there was not such a bad problem. I know they eat bugs and aren't dangerous, they just look scary...and I can't sleep peacefully at night knowing it might be crawling on me!
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eliana  




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Sep 07 2005, 6:10 am
When we moved in we had coackroaches - all sizes and all kinds, we could not get rid them because the new armies of them came from neighbors every time we eliminated the local population. And now there is none, since we have got a CAT 8)
The cat does not eat them - she just kills them and somehow threatens the others because they simply do not come!
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lucky  




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Sep 07 2005, 6:15 am
eliana wrote:

The cat does not eat them - she just kills them and somehow threatens the others because they simply do not come!


So you keep on finding dead bugs??? Twisted Evil Twisted Evil
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  eliana




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Sep 07 2005, 6:22 am
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So you keep on finding dead bugs


LOL LOL LOL noooooooooo! not any more! at the beginning she killed some and I found them, yes, but now (for amlost 6 years) I've not found a single one!
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  lucky




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Sep 07 2005, 6:26 am
Good for you. But for most people a cat is not even an option.
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cb  




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Jul 24 2007, 6:45 am
hi I came accros this post, I know its old but maybe someone will read it.
I totaly understand, I also have centipedes and moved my bed away from the wall!!
did you end up getting rid of it? I am still trying but dont know how!
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chocolate moose




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Jul 24 2007, 7:12 am
what about a natural cure like boric acid or vinegar?
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  cb  




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Jul 24 2007, 7:21 am
I think I tried once boric acid but the problem is that its not safe for us and for kids and sinds I have a cute little one she gets all over so I will not put it out again. Vinigar? that kills them? where would I put that, I all the corners??
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greenfire  




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Jul 24 2007, 7:24 am
how about getting rid of them as you see them ... w/o poisons ...
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  cb




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Jul 24 2007, 7:28 am
the problem is I am too scared to kill them, Sad they just discust me. I dont know if you ever saw the big size once but they are really big and scary. so they end up going somewhere else (besides if my husband is home but that is usualy not the case).
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  greenfire




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Jul 24 2007, 7:36 am
well ... I personally do not like to be a murderer so I mostly don't kill critters but rather bring them outside ... there is always the exception though - and I would much rather know they are not under my bed in some unknown space waiting to crawl up my leg ...
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