They don’t scare you enough? Imagine them as Eldritch abominations.
I’m not really scared of them, but I do have a visceral reaction to them. Something about them makes me want to vomit. Or, maybe it’s a level of fear I don’t recognize because I go from 0 to vomit and wanting to claw my eyes out real quick.
it’s wild because humans are supposed to have this sort of reaction programmed into us for snakes, but i’m absolutely fine with snakes and even find some of them quite cute!
but anything with long thin legs? incinerate it in nuclear hellfire
I feel ya. When I find them in the garden, where one expects to find a multitude of bugs, it gives me the heebie jeebies soo bad. It’s def the zillions of legs going mach 9 for me.
Texbook phobia.
Limousine spider.
They also appear to be smart, aggressive, and territorial. I have been chased by several. And I have run away with great haste.
Well I guess sleep is optional tonight
Odd, I’ve had several in my room in my last place, but they didn’t seem territorial or aggressive to humans. Sometimes too close I’d worry I’d hurt it but other than that…
Limousine spider. Great! I’ll never forget that anymore for life. Haha
Steal it just like I did.
While I know they’re harmless that has not stopped from committing war crimes against one that found its way to my shower.
I would far rather the spiders in my house eat these things.
A house centipede is just 4 spiders in a trench coat.
Straight up I leave Wolf Spiders alive for this goal.
I don’t think they can. Once a centipede is of decent size I think it’s much stronger than the average house Spider. Australia notwithstanding.
Can confirm that our house spiders are pretty tough. A car ran off the road and into the front wall of my house spider last year and it barely left a mark. We still live here.
Im assuming the spider is your landlord.
I don’t think house spider eat cockroaches. I would worship them if they could.
Why not both?
I was in college before I saw one. I grew up with giant 8" long centipedes, but this guy freaked me out more than I can say. Couldn’t even tell it was a centipede. Might as well have been an alien.
Gag.
Freaky motherfookers
I didn’t even know they existed until I had one in my apartment around 5 years ago. Now that I’ve bought a house I see them regularly in my basement.
it’s the legs and speed that do it, normal centipedes are plenty freaky but the fact that the legs are stubbier makes them much more managable, they’re more like seeing a wild rat.
I think these bois, much like “spider crickets”, get a lot of flack because their legs are TOO DAMN LONG! They’re cool dudes, but something about those weirdly long legs…
Hey, they are the fluffiest critters ever among those that ran over me. They don’t even tickle, just a smooth touch.
Developes feelings for the house centipedes
It’s their suddenness that freaks me out. I had been sitting on my couch for two hours the other night when one scuttled out from beneath my feet!
this is why i respect web spinning spiders and jumping spiders (despite the name).
web spinners just spin their webs and sit there, they’re in their lane and flourishing.
jumping spiders are smart enough to recognize that we are gods compared to them, and that we probably won’t appreciate them making sudden fast movements.
nope doesnt help, imma get my flame thrower nevertheless
I doubt this will help my deep discomfort but it did make me happy :)
I like them just the way they are.
It’s cute.
Look at the cute rollerblades!
all they need to do is stop being so scary and we can be chillin
The last point is the important one. If you’re regularly seeing these in your house that means they’ve found a food source: your house is infested with another insect they’re keeping at bay.
They won’t actually beat back an infestation though. They are too territorial.
Centipedes with legs? Believe it or not, straight to Dark Souls
YOU DIED
Skill issue!
They are not 100% harmless than can and have bitten humans.
Side note, do not stomp AT them in bare feet (in an attempt to scare them off). They will attack your toes
