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 doubt this will help my deep discomfort but it did make me happy :)
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.
They don’t scare you enough? Imagine them as Eldritch abominations.
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.
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.
Straight up I leave Wolf Spiders alive for this goal.
I don’t think house spider eat cockroaches. I would worship them if they could.
Why not both?
A house centipede is just 4 spiders in a trench coat.
Idk if this helps. I just feel kinda itchy now
While centipedes are fine, I’ve always been much more of a milipede fan.
It’s weird how when they have even more legs somehow they become less creepy. I guess it’s because they have to pack them in so tight and it starts to almost become cute.
You know, until you posted this comic I never really put it together that millipedes are generally not predators. I guess that also explains why I’ve always instinctively found them less scary than centipedes.
Yep, millipedes are chill and mostly munch on dead plant material. Centipedes, on the other hand, are carnivorous little demons straight from a nightmare.
I’ll say it: milipedes are cute.
ngl, I think millipede is kinda cute. I’m thinking about building a terrarium tank and keep a few of them as pet.
A few of these lithe fellows and Moria would still be the crowning jewel of the misty mountains
Now I’m packing my bugs for the misty mountains 🎶
Centipedes with legs? Believe it or not, straight to Dark Souls
YOU DIED
The damn scolopendras have left mate of mine permanently scarred. They are the demon spawn of Bill Gates himself.
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.
I think the 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
all they need to do is stop being so scary and we can be chillin
I like them just the way they are.
It’s cute.
Look at the cute rollerblades!
