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saltnpepper
Mar 16, 2010, 09:32 PM
What is this bugs, its all over my house, lots of them.It has thoasand legs, ihave a pic, but it will not copy to this message.my email is <email removed> I just moved her and I've never seen this bug before, I don't no if it bites, thank you.

hheath541
Mar 16, 2010, 09:59 PM
Does it look like this?

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/whit1019/centipedes/House_centipede.jpg

If so, then it's a centipede. I grew up with them, and have seen them throughout my life.

They're fairly harmless. Like spiders, they eat other bugs in your house. They'll even eat spiders, and most annoying begs like cockroaches. They spend a huge portion of their time sitting still, and like to climb walls. They also like cool, dark places.

Scutigera coleoptrata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutigera_coleoptrata)

Catsmine
Mar 17, 2010, 01:32 AM
Or does it look more like this?

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By the way, I'd prefer if you edited out your email. If we keep all the discussion and answers on the board, others may be helped as well.