I used to hate these things because of how startling their appearances are (being when they appear, not how...but that too lol), but now I just leave them alone because they eat everything else. Same with spiders. Since they aid me in my annual war against the invading ants, I suppose I could consider them allies.

Dang those things are scary. They used to enter my house all the time when I lived in Michigan. They were pretty fast too...

I have TONS of those in my apartment, literally it's crawling with them, especially at night. I've been told they are harmless to humans and simply attack other insects.

Oh, boy I can't wait for this spring when there'll be a billion of these friggin' things magically appearing on the walls all over my house. For whatever reason, these just make me spaz out. Harmless and beneficial never came in a scarier package.

I remember I went in my bathroom and opened the lower cabinet to find something and saw one of those crawling on the right inner side of the cabinet carrying a roach.

It's kinda cute once you look past the bazillion legs thing.....I mean, it's all peaceful while casually munching on a spider. They fact it has two big eyes sorta adds to the appeal...kinda lol.

Their actually pretty in a creepy way. And kinda cute if you focus on the little beedy eyes!

They're a bit scary/creepy at a normal distance. Up close, they're rather cute. Look at those eyes!

we're just lucky we were'nt around the time when centipedes were more than 5 feet long!

everytime i watch these insect videos i have to double check my surroundings specifically around my slippers if there are any insects nearby.

In my house in MN!! Scared the hell out of me first time I saw one. Never seen a centipede THAT big! As a kid, always saw the yellowish ones outside that were small.

Those things are all over my apartment building. I get the shivers everytime I see one near me.

a tenant decided to raise chickens in their side of our duplex. This caused a massive infestation of roaches. Then those little buggers started showing up. Within 2 weeks the roach problem was gone! Didn't need to call a termanator or anything. The centipedes dealt with ALL roaches. I love house centipedes now :). They aren't very nice looking but they stay out of my way and kill every other annoying pest. I've never seen a spider web, roach, terminate or anything since. They rock :D.

these things normally freak me out. but ..somehow ... right here it's kinda cute with it's big black eyes. i almost want to pet it ..but probably not if i ever saw one xD

I live in Budapest and we get quite a few in our flat. They're not as big as all that, but they do have loads of legs and they can seriously move!

Those little bastards used to terrorize me in my crappy college apartment. They are super fast, they get huge, and they seem to come out when you turn the lights out and already comfy in bed. I had a pet tarantula for 6 years that I used to let crawl on me, and these things still creep me out. I DESPISE them.

Beautiful creatures aren't they? Just make you want to pick one up and cuddle it like a pet hamster!

I'm pretty sure this is the only case where I am more afraid of the bug than the bug is of me.

centipedes are the most horrible, but most interesting insects on this planet... They are like armoured tanks

I actually just found my third House Centipede in my house, and of course I had to capture him, so now he's sitting in a container. I have a Wolf spider in another container. I've had 19 of them at once in 1 container. I love house pests.

Everytime I see one of these, I step on it and when I look at it again its still alive. So I have to panic and stomp on it a billion times just to make sure its dead.

First time I saw a house centipede, I thought it was some sort of alien from that movie, "Evolution."

One time one of those house centipedes fell into a spider web behind my desk, and I'm pretty sure the spider ate it. Centipedes and spiders...arch enemies!

I -love- these little monsters. They're so cool as they hover across the walls and ceilings. Yeah I've killed my fair share of them, but I'd rather have them than my fishing spiders and other bugs in the house. I don't see many now that I've started spraying for insects. It took about 2 years, but their numbers are waaaay down.

Cool. I caught one on my porch this spring, and have kept it as a pet. I hardly ever see one around here at all, so I thought I should nab it.

Somehow they're alot less creepy close up. Cute almost.. But when those little legs are moving across the floor *shudder*

I really wouldn't, i'm so glad centipedes are the size they are or we'd be fucked

We had them in our basement in Iowa, and I see them here in Turkey from time to time. I think they're cool. As long as they stay out of my bed, or my clothes...

These things look more grotesque than spiders. One of the strangest looking insects I ever saw. But I hear they are good to have in the house as they kill all the other unwanted pests.

I saw one on my living room ceiling last night. I want to unsee then go blind.

Well... As long as they never enter my room I won't beat them to death with my slipper. Its a wonder me and my family don't have an ant colony in our kitchen. I haven't seen any spiders lately either. The cockroaches disappeared. Its obvious the House Centipedes reproduced because the tiny versions of them sprint across the wall. I avoid showering at night. The largest I've seen scared the shit out of me. I went to my kitchen to make a midnight snack and when the light was flicked on it dashed toward me. Then I stifled a scream and hopped on top of one of the kitchen chairs. I crouched, peeked down and the poor thing was trying to hide under the chair I was on. xD

DANG ! Those are some Long Legs.... I've seen little centipedes in my yard but bot with legs like that

Saw one scampering across my basement wall one night, the shadow made it looks as big as my hand, almost shit myself!

This centipede is so different of the dark red ones that eats the cockroaches and slugs in my house

those things are stupid fast. i see one almost every night this time of year. the worst part is the mess of twitchy legs after you smash one.

You go, little buddy! Man, house centipedes are so misunderstood. They should be our best friends. They eat all our least favorite household pests - spiders, silverfish, termites, bedbugs...the list goes on. They're also harmless to humans and they don't damage our homes and possessions, unlike the aforementioned pests. Before you take a shoe to that house centipede, think about the consequences of letting a worse critter run around instead. These guys are the best.

They are called house centipedes cause they like to live in houses, just like people. Its crazy how similar they are to us!

It's like staring at you while he's eating something below him. Weird.

*chuckle* Nice one, I'm not sure how you got that close. You must have good zoom on that camera. They are quite beneficial... they just happen to give everyone a case of the shivers. Harmless though.

"House centipede eats what looks like a spider. These fuggers always scare the crap outta me when I see them running up a wall at 50 mph. " one ran across my face and i stayed up the whole night lol

Yea, I'm in NY too. These things practically invade my house x_x

I used to flip the fuck out when I first saw these things, but I started catching them and find them to be so pretty. :3

These creatures are hilarious. You whack them with a shoe or something and their legs fly off.

nah man i thought it was silverfish too until i looked it up. turns out to be some kind of centipede.

Heh, yeah... I suppose that's half of the reason they freak people out. They probably wouldn't be so bad if they stuck to the floor, but since they can pull a Spiderman and run along the walls and ceiling... their legs make them look way bigger than they are, too.

they are harmless to us but they do prey on roaches, spiders, etc. they are actually nice to have around :)

one time i saw these black worm things at my school it scared the crap out of me

i'll tell you a story. i was in my basement and i was laying down to get under my drumset and polish it and this thing comes flying at lie 30 mph at me and i jump up and it follows me all around my basement so i decided to capture it and throw it out my back door but that thing was faster than a cheetah. 0_0

I have a small infestation of those little spiders that look like miniature daddy long-legs, but with a head and cephalothorax. Two of these found their way way into my house today. #ThankGod

These should make people like spiders more. after seeing that

I hate the fact that they're so FAST! There was one at school and it just zoomed like a bullet around everyone and we were all like "KILL IT! JUST KILL IT!"

Silverfish are smooth and (surprise) silvery in appearance, about 10 mm in length, and have six legs and three tails. House centipedes are massive in comparison (up to 50 mm), reddish-brown with lighter stripes, and have up to 15 pairs of banded legs (30 legs). These insects are part of a chain and actually help to "clean" in different ways. If you didn't have house centipedes, you'd probably have a lot more spiders, carpet beetles, firebrats, and cockroaches.

@ifartwell that was one of the funniest things ive ever heard. much props

I'd rather have silverfish, ants and spiders. These house centipedes are the most sardonic creatures I've ever encountered.

I remember seeing one huge ass Scutigera Coleoptrata slowly crawling down from a table. And I tell you, it look very creepy and gave me the chills. All them legs...Ugh. Lucky for it, I was too lazy to get up and kill it.

it's funny seeing them swim in water

lol, damn, you're on to me. I don't mind centipedes. The only walking bugs that bother me are silverfish (bad experience in the bathtub as a kid). Anything that kills silverfish and recluse spiders I think is pretty good.

it's crazy, cuz they move so fast that sometimes you don't even know for sure if you've seen one. and Ravens...they can be found anywhere. they're attracted to moist, dark places...not trash or anything, so like betty said, there's probably some in your basement...you just haven't seen 'em

You're right. Burning is too slow. I shock them with a grill lighter igniter. One shock, one kill. I don't mind insects until they are in my house.

nothing an artillery strike cant fix

I called them "basement buddies" which made them less scary to my wife.

ughhhh I always find them in my garage! Sometimes even in the shower when I'm gone a few days.

I've picked plenty of these things up, did not know they bit, and have never been bit lol

the common house centipede (which is very ugly and gross to most people) is acutally a very helpful and necessary when it comes to nature. I think they are really neat.

Looks like a silver skinny roach with a buncha legs

Like aure said, they eat everything they can incapacitate.

oh my lord. these things scare the crap out of me tooo!! i about cried the first time i saw one in my bathroom!!! ughh.

I feed these to my tarantula.

At the end of the day, they are still chilopoda.

i am glad my house doesnt have those things

It's different from a silverfish. I live in Chicago and we have both. House centipedes can grow to be a few inches long, are incredibly fast (and hard to kill), and are venomous (but not harmful to humans).

i usually only see 'em when i'm blazin' up on my back porch...not the state of mind you wanna be in when you see some shit like that. and raptor...i DO realize that they don't pose any real threat--most bugs don't, but somehow that doesn't make 'em any less creepy.

except for the fact that probably out of any pests to have in yourhome the house centipede will deliver the most painful bite

No, a bunch of em came out of the bathtub drain when I was like 5 or 6 while I was taking a bath. They're the only insects that actually disgust me.

humm house centipede eats deadly spider............great job!

I live in the basement and just saw one and started screeming "HOLY FUCKIN SHIT CENTIPEDE CRICKET OMFG" idk but im scared to death of any centepedes

I got bit on the ankle by one when I was a kid. It hurt, but probably like half as bad as getting stung by a wasp. I leave them be if I find any in my house, they keep the ants at bay during the summer.

The good news is, they can only eat so much at one sitting. So, you should be good...for awhile.

I HATE seeing these things in my house, oh my goodness.. but I guess I'd rather see these than those super fat centipedes... these are easier to kill XD. I think it's the legs that creep me out most about them... and how they can blend in with your wall and then suddenly they speed off

I think so. They definetley have a painful bite.

Anything more than 8 legs just freaks me out!

If you have a centipede infestation it is because you have an insect (possibly roach) infestation. That many centipedes means they are all getting a lot to eat.

Just had one crawl through my room. Ive never been so quick to get the f**k outta there.

Boy this is a popular one. :) People should wiki the house centipede before they make up stuff. Bites are very rare and happen typically when you roll over one in bed. You're just as likely to be bitten by a spider that way too. Fun fact: these guys originated in the Mediterranean area and have migrated to pretty much every continent and country, like the common rat. Remember, if these are prominent in your home, you have a worse insect problem to worry about.

Yeah usually they run away. But this one didn't even notice me and I put the camera right in his face.

My favourite animal is the spider... but among my most feared animals are the cockroach, silverfish, moth, and bedbug and who doesn't hate mosquitos... so I guess this thing is OK... (... so long as I never see one!)

1AM in the morning I was brushing my teeth, I was looking down at the sink when I felt something similar to a tap on my shoulder, I look up at my reflection and instantly notice what it was...a house centipede had fallen from the ceiling and landed on my shoulder! I screamed and woke everybody up. :P

One was running right at my feet when i was barefoot. I was scared shitless because i had no way out.

ugh i hate those bugs. I've seen some of them. Once, it came crawling on my face while I was taking a nap.

Good to know that i should not hate spiders that much anymore. Fucking Centipedes!

They are all over my house, in Canada. Scutigera coleoptrata.

There are few things I hate in this world. House centipedes are one of them.

*lifting feets from the ground* :bitch please:

Just found out these guys eat other pest. I saw them a few times and killed them...NEVER AGAIN. These guys will be my pets. Excuse me, I have a few house centipedes to apologize to and recruit.

Thanks for posting this charming video. As it plays, I believe I detect William Burroughs salivating in his grave. One issue needs clearing up: this is not, I repeat, NOT a silverfish. A silverfish is a much smaller, nonvenomous, scavenging insect. The house centipede is a carnivorous, venomous myriapod.

me too...they scare sh*t outta me when they come flyin' outta no where. they kinda get me paranoid... i saw and killed 2 in my room last night, but just seeing them were enough. i had to sleep on my couch lol

Sorry, that last word was a typo. I guess it's okay to have them in the house because they can get rid of all these spiders in my house! Ugh!

i rather have spiders than house centipede in my house !

Why does everyone hate these so much? They eat pretty much every awful thing you don't want in your house. Spiders, roaches, termites, bedbugs...

Centipedes are pretty scary, I usually just put them outside in a box, not kill them...