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Hi Everyone! So I just moved to Maryville, and I absolutely love it here! Being from Florida, I am very used to bugs, even though I hate them all. However, never in my life have I seen a centipede. I am absolutely terrified of these bugs. They are horrific, run at lightning speed, and seem like a scene out of a horror movie. Do you have any tips or suggestions on how I can get rid of these centipedes? I find them walking on the walls and floors...sometimes I smush several in one day. They jump off the walls and run across the house. Thank you so much for any help you can give me. I HATE centipedes!!!!!!
I'm in middle TN and have a problem with them too. I'm terrified of them! I have ceiling beams, and they drop down from the beams. I'm especially afraid during power outages. It seems like if we have a power outage at night and it's pitch dark, that's when they'll be on the beams and drop on whomever is sitting on the couch. I no longer sit on the couch during a power outage. I painted my beams white so I can see centipedes better. Gawd I hate centipedes! And this is coming from someone who usually likes bugs!
Do you have trees hanging over your roof? I do, and I wonder if that's why I have such a problem with them. I've had my house sprayed by an exterminator, but it doesn't seem to get rid of the centipedes.
I had to look up a picture of a centipede. I've never seen them around here and I have 23 very, very mature trees on my lot. An article states that they can be found all over the world including The Amazon and The Arctic Circle, so my guess is it is bad luck of the draw that you suddenly have them in your house. Apparently they can be anywhere.
I had to look up a picture of a centipede. I've never seen them around here and I have 23 very, very mature trees on my lot. An article states that they can be found all over the world including The Amazon and The Arctic Circle, so my guess is it is bad luck of the draw that you suddenly have them in your house. Apparently they can be anywhere.
I've never seen them here, either, or anywhere else I've ever lived, and I've lived in 32 different homes in 6 countries, ranging from the jungles of the Philippines to urban France. I guess the OP is just unlucky.
A good resource on how to get rid of centipedes would be the University of Tennessee's agricultural extension office. When I had problems with Japanese beetles they gave me excellent--and free--tips on how to get rid of them.
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"It may often be seen darting across floors with very great speed, occasionally stopping suddenly and remaining absolutely motionless, presently to resume its rapid movements, often darting directly at inmates of the house, particularly women, evidently with a desire to conceal itself beneath their dresses, and thus creating much consternation." House Centipedes — Entomology — Penn State University
Although all centipedes have poison glands and the means to inject their venom, bites are infrequent and normally do not cause more than temporary, localized pain.
I've been bitten several times on my legs, and they are right about the temporary pain, but every time I've been bitten, the bite is about 1.5 inches long and looks like a scrape. It eventually scabs over and doesn't hurt after the initial bite, but takes a long time to go away.
I've been bitten several times on my legs, and they are right about the temporary pain, but every time I've been bitten, the bite is about 1.5 inches long and looks like a scrape. It eventually scabs over and doesn't hurt after the initial bite, but takes a long time to go away.
Ewwwww, I hate the thought of something crawling on my skin and biting me.
We just had a small centipede infestation at work and the exterminator said they were being drawn into the open by the cool moist air coming from the coolers!
Can't say as I blame them though, as I like hanging around the coolers when it's unbearably hot too.
So I must just be unlucky with these pests! They are so gross and I am petrified of them! Thank you for the suggestions!! I will be contacting the University of Tennessee's agricultural extension this week! I am wondering if they could possibly go away when it gets cold. I can only hope they won't get worse!!!!! Yuck!!!!!! They are so frightening!!
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I painted my beams white so I can see centipedes better. Gawd I hate centipedes! And this is coming from someone who usually likes bugs! 
