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Suzie
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Centipedes
We have spent the last 20 years mouse and vermin-proofing our house here in San Antonio de Las Minas. This last spring we have encountered huge, light
gray centipedes in the house and can't figure out where they're getting in. Two of them were at least 6 inhes long and more than a half inch wide.
Does anyone have any ideas about what kind they are and how they get into the house?
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Skipjack Joe
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Stay away from those things. They can give you a nasty bite.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Suzie
We have spent the last 20 years mouse and vermin-proofing our house here in San Antonio de Las Minas. This last spring we have encountered huge, light
gray centipedes in the house and can't figure out where they're getting in. Two of them were at least 6 inhes long and more than a half inch wide.
Does anyone have any ideas about what kind they are and how they get into the house? |
I think they can squeeze in through the smallest crack. We often have a couple in our place, usually around a window. But they are dead. When we
leave for the states we almost always set off some bug bombs. I dislike those things, but I prefer finding scorpions, centipedes, black widow
spiders, etc., not taking up permanent residence in the house.
BTW we have been using those plug in mouse things that emit a faint noise, and they work. We used to have the tiny little field mice move in, but now
we see their droppings on the front porch, sometimes a few just inside the front door, but they don't stay.
Good luck
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Search around the centipede section of What's That Bug, the most awesome bug ID site on earth.
Regardless, I hope it's not a HUMAN CENTIPEDE. Those things are nasty.
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Over the years I have found rather large centipedes twice in our Beach House in the sink. I just always thought they made their way from the septic
and up the plumbing and into the sink. We have a porcelin sink so I figured they might not have been able to get out.
BW
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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Centipedes can crawl underneath doors that look almost airtight. I ran into plenty of those things in Hawaii, super hard to kill too.
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i always thought they crawled in your ears at nighttime...
i guess i've seen too many movies
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"Hazards to humans"
centipede can be hazardous to humans because of their bite
a bite to a human is very painful and causes swelling,
chills, fever, and weakness, it is unlikely to be fatal.
bites are dangerous to small children and those with allergies to bee stings
bites of larger centipedes can induce anaphylactic shock
smaller centipede bites usually do not puncture human skin
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob and Susan
i always thought they crawled in your ears at nighttime...
i guess i've seen too many movies
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Now that should help everyone sleep well. 
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Hold them over and open flame to kill them. I spray everything with Windex. that will stun them. Then get tongs and burn them. It sound pretty mean it
is. but they won't get in my ears.
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i would usually smash one repeatedly with a baseball bat until it finally stopped squirming-and that would take a long time.
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fire is fast. it smells a little but then burn a tortilla and that is a nice smell
no bats needed
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Centipedes are very flat and usually get in under doors or or around window screens. They are good climbers too and go up stucco and brick to gain
entry at higher points. Get good guards on the doors and check to see that other areas are sealed well and that will help. Inside your ear is not
their preferred location but if you like to be paranoid then feel free to keep believing this. I never like to get in the way of a good paranoia . Try to avoid being bitten when killing or removing them from your home as
some species can deliver a very painful bite and usually the bigger they are the worse it is. Sleep tight! Your nomad entomologist...............
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob and Susan
i always thought they crawled in your ears at nighttime...
i guess i've seen too many movies
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I remember a Twilight Zone episode like that.
Anyway, even earwigs don't do that.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by irenemm
fire is fast. it smells a little but then burn a tortilla and that is a nice smell
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Sounds like a waste of a perfectly good protein source and the perfect packaging -- centipede tacos!
\"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.\" -- Frank Zappa
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Suzie
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Thanks everyone for your input. I looked at "What's That Bug" and I did not see any that resembled a "Mexican" centipede. I need to take a picture of
the next one we find. All insect books depict brown or dark colored centipedes. These are huge, flat, light gray with tinges of light blue. They would
be beautiful if they weren't so scary! Actually, this is the sixth one we've found in the house in 20 years. (And they are way too big to crawl into
my ear)
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jeremias
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just check the shoes!
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Was bitten by one once, woke me from a sound sleep, and it bite me on the ear.
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Is it a nino de la tierra ???????????????? My neighbor showed me one in the sand the other day - I had never seen it before and was not even sure
what it was ........... but she said the pain was terrible if bitten ...
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Don't know what the name of the critter was. The pain? Not in the "terrible" catagory, but it got my attention.
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Suzie
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The "Niņa de La Tierra" is a Jerusalem Cricket or sometimes called a Potato Bug. It's not really a cricket nor is it from Jerusalem nor does it eat
potatoes. It lives on rotting vegetation and small insects and is very fat and ugly. It is also very shy. I doubt very much that it would bite a
human.
Look up Jerusalem Cricket in Wikipedia
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