I can deal with spiders...BUT... 18+ kids, cursing involved

I can deal with fucking spiders running across my floor, I kill scorpions in my room.......

But i was fucking speechless when a god-damned gecco ran across my floor. Shit. The A/C is on in the house, and all the doors are closed, I just don't get it. This angers me! Didn't look anything like the friendly Geico commercial gecco with the friendly British accent. Shit.

Told you it was rated R shock

I think I'd be more bothered about the Scorpions than the Gecko's to be honest.

...

yea, scorpions scare the shit out of me

Awww, I'd catch the Gecko as a pet, or throw it out the window.

I'm with TSJ, Scorpions are more of a problem....especially since they can kill you. o

Since I've been banned from posting nasty images in the picture thread, I'll show you what I killed the other day here

http//www.whatsthatbug.com/images/house_centipede_named_bob.jpg[" alt=""/img56d4ddf781]

That's [i56d4ddf781]still[/i56d4ddf781] worse than a gecko... ;)

holy shit, is that chicken or tuna? or is that just bugzilla?

we've got those in my house. they scare the shit out of me. and they're FAST.

alright, I need a VERY important favor from you guys.

Tell me exactly where your from so I know where never to consider purchasing realty! haha bugzilla would scare the shit out of me

you know, i'd seriously crap my pants if i saw one of those, how big is it? I can't tell

We have a few flies in our house, if any.

We have centipedes, spiders, crickets sometimes. But the worst is the "child of the earth." They are freaking ugly. I just looked the up on wikipedia, and apparently they are actually called "Jerusalem Crickets" (though it says they aren't true crickets). Here's a link rather than a pic. for those w/ weak stomaches )
[ucfddbb4348]http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_cricket[]http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_cricket[/ucfddbb4348]

[quotefeaae4a0ae="BVGuitarPlayer"]II kill scorpions in my room.......[/quotefeaae4a0ae]

Dude, fuck killing them, tos them in jars and send them to me(alive)....that would kick ass.... the bigger the better.... I really wanna make them fight and shit....that would ammuse me for a day or so...

ah... that picture there, that would be a "house centipede". they can appear absolutey ginormous, but without their legs, their bodies are maybe an inch or so long. their legs, though, and antenna, are very long. they also shed their legs with they are touched.

my old high school building used to have them. the dorms here at college appear to have them, as well... at least the two rooms i have been in. suprising, though, because the facilities are actually very nice, i have to admit.

they thrive in dark, damp areas.... basements, really. thats why is you flip on the light in a room, you will see them completely DART across the floor into a dark place. they hate light.

last year in my dorm, i was up until 6 am one night/morning trying to get rid of one. it ended like this i finally found it on the ceiling, and since i had a small ightweight vacuum cleaner, i held it up and tried to smash the bug with the handle. didnt work... it just shed a couple legs.... the legs DANGLED about two feet down from the bug from an extremely thin string of SOMETHING.... it was absolutely terrifying! about five seconds after i stared in horror at the hanging legs, the bug dropped, and i proceeded to grind it so deep into the carpet that nothing was left of it. what was left is probably still there to this day.

last fall when i moved in to my new room, i found TWO of them. the first one prompted me to get one of those huge jugs of bug spray and spray a bit. the second one prompted me to open the wondow and empty about half of it into the area of the heater (the kind along the floor/wall). it took a couple hours to dry, i almost vomited, i had a headache, i was unable to breathe well at all, and i felt like i was dying. all that bug spray probably probably caused brain damage. but after some time and fresh air, i was okay, and i never saw another one of the damn things. now, if i see one in my new apartment, i will probably begin to consider suicide because that will mean that they are COMING AFTER ME. my boyfriend smashed a bug last night, and the first thing he said was "dont worry, its not one of those house centipedes!" this is after he admitted to finding and killing a bug back in the dorm while i was in the shower... i asked him if he was a house centipede, and he gave me his "um... nooo...." denial that he gives me when he lies (8)) and he said he wasnt sure what i was talking about... i told him to google 'house centipede', so he did, and he about jumped out of the chair and said "oh GOD no!"

now, i am not sure if they pose a threat. i know that they eat other bugs, but i have also heard they have a nasty venomous bite... i will not rule that out, because from what i have read, centipedes ARE venemous and they do bite, while milipedes are the safe ones. on top of all the ugly, thats why i do not hesitate to smash the things when i see them.

but anyways, the only thing i am deathy afraid of are spiders. when i was little, i was fine with them. i woudl carry the hige black and yellow carden spiders in to my mom, and she would ABOLSUTELY HAVE A HEART ATTACK oh my god she hated them. at leats that is what i am told.... i can never remember a time where i wasnt afraid of them. my conclusions are that i liked them, but my mom gave me the idea that they are terrible and i should be afrtaid of them. so thats how i am now. i am a bit better than i used to be... when i was a kid, it prevented me from playing. if i saw a spider on a swingset, i didnt play on it for the rest of the year. my back yard was surrounded by a tall wooden fence that attracted "daddy long legs", and i hardly wanted to go outside. i couldnt touch the brick on the house, either, because spiders loved that.
well, that ruined my day... i never realized just how crippling my depressing childhood really was.... heh.

That's a lot of words. Keith's head hurts.

I had some of those centipedes in my dorm. They're scary as shit.

[quoteac2a45605e="Tholek"]http//www.whatsthatbug.com/images/house_centipede_named_bob.jpg[" alt=""/imgac2a45605e][/quoteac2a45605e]
I think I've said this before but if I found one of those in my house, I'd burn that bitch to the ground. That damn insect haunts my dreams...

[quote5fa5d1f755="Wolfeman"][quote5fa5d1f755="Tholek"]http//www.whatsthatbug.com/images/house_centipede_named_bob.jpg[" alt=""/img5fa5d1f755][/quote5fa5d1f755]
I think I've said this before but if I found one of those in my house, I'd burn that bitch to the ground. That damn insect haunts my dreams...[/quote5fa5d1f755]

i hope those don't live in the mojave desert or california for that matter.

I have those damned centipedes all around my house as well. The worst is when your going to the sink and you see one of those big motha fuckers just sitting there in the sink. Appparently they crawl through plumbing... Damn, I get the creeps just thinking about em.

im petrified of centipedes ever since i saw this movie

http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CL2hetqpfg[]http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CL2hetqpfg

[quotee4e01ff0fa="EatChex89"][quotee4e01ff0fa="Wolfeman"][quotee4e01ff0fa="Tholek"]http//www.whatsthatbug.com/images/house_centipede_named_bob.jpg[" alt=""/imge4e01ff0fa][/quotee4e01ff0fa]
I think I've said this before but if I found one of those in my house, I'd burn that bitch to the ground. That damn insect haunts my dreams...[/quotee4e01ff0fa]

i hope those don't live in the mojave desert or california for that matter.[/quotee4e01ff0fa]

I hate these fucking things. I find them between the wall and the bed, near my pillow... motherfuckers.

They can be as big as two inches long as well. Motherfuckers.

[quote2a55107204="i blame history"]now, i am not sure if they pose a threat. i know that they eat other bugs, but i have also heard they have a nasty venomous bite... i will not rule that out, because from what i have read, centipedes ARE venemous and they do bite, while milipedes are the safe ones. on top of all the ugly, thats why i do not hesitate to smash the things when i see them.[/quote2a55107204]

The house variety isn't as venomous as the garden variety, although I think they would make you sicker than a bee sting, and would probably kill those allergic.

[quote2a55107204="ajasax"]We have centipedes, spiders, crickets sometimes. But the worst is the "child of the earth." They are freaking ugly. I just looked the up on wikipedia, and apparently they are actually called "Jerusalem Crickets" (though it says they aren't true crickets). Here's a link rather than a pic. for those w/ weak stomaches )
[u2a55107204]http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_cricket[]http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_cricket[/u2a55107204][/quote2a55107204]

Ya know, he almost looks cute. Plus he's a vegetarian.

On the other hand, I know that centipede would eat me if he was exposed to mutating radiation, so [i2a55107204]there[/i2a55107204]. )

[quote2a55107204="aguy"]im petrified of centipedes ever since i saw this movie

http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CL2hetqpfg[]http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CL2hetqpfg[/quote2a55107204]

Jesus Christ......Just like that. stun stun stun

I literally feel like throwing up right now. That was one of the most horrific things I've ever seen. I'm certainly not gonna watch that again, and want to forget it as soon as possible....

Remember Starship Troopers....KILL THEM, KILL THEM, KILL THEM!!!!

Oh no you didn't bring the Starship Troopers references )

We've gotta nuke the planet...it's the only way to be sure...

http/" alt=""/img408.imageshack.us/img="408/4700/aliens16a6nt.jpg[" alt=""/img057660aaf6]

[quote07715f5531="Tholek"][quote07715f5531="aguy"]im petrified of centipedes ever since i saw this movie

http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CL2hetqpfg[]http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CL2hetqpfg[/quote07715f5531]

Jesus Christ......Just like that. stun stun stun

I literally feel like throwing up right now. That was one of the most horrific things I've ever seen. I'm certainly not gonna watch that again, and want to forget it as soon as possible....[/quote07715f5531]

I really don't want to watch it now, but I do just to see what it is.

I think I have a phobia of these fuckers and Cock-a-roaches.

You ever see Damnation Alley?

Nope.

you ever seen damnation alley..... on weed!

Steel belted cockroaches aren't any easier on weed. )

fucking hate insects so bad.

shock

shock

We don't get those here thankfully but that thing was rank!

I was thinking it would be about 300 house centipedes or something.

Told ya not to look.

Now try to get that out of your head....

http//memory-alpha.org/en/images/d/db/Chekovs_ear-ceti_eel.jpg[" alt=""/imgaeed970a76]

[quoted218bf520e="Tholek"][quoted218bf520e="aguy"]im petrified of centipedes ever since i saw this movie

http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CL2hetqpfg[]http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CL2hetqpfg[/quoted218bf520e]

Jesus Christ......Just like that. stun stun stun

I literally feel like throwing up right now. That was one of the most horrific things I've ever seen. I'm certainly not gonna watch that again, and want to forget it as soon as possible....

Remember Starship Troopers....KILL THEM, KILL THEM, KILL THEM!!!![/quoted218bf520e]
The bad thing about that movie was the fact that the guy in the backround was cheering the thing on, he was just like, "Eat em', Eat em'.....Mmmhhhm"

Fucking weirdo ?

Stop....just stop....I have to sleep soon.

[quoteb52cfc1072="Tholek"]Stop....just stop....I have to sleep soon.[/quoteb52cfc1072]
LMAO lol

You the one posting these pics
http//memory-alpha.org/en/images/d/db/Chekovs_ear-ceti_eel.jpg[" alt=""/imgb52cfc1072]

shit guys, those pictures scare me! i cant even stand spiders! i am sure a gecko wouldnt bother me though....


omfg those pictures suck!

[quote70a47d7c11="AbSoLuT_xXxEr0"][quote70a47d7c11="Tholek"]Stop....just stop....I have to sleep soon.[/quote70a47d7c11]
LMAO lol

You the one posting these pics
http//memory-alpha.org/en/images/d/db/Chekovs_ear-ceti_eel.jpg[" alt=""/img70a47d7c11][/quote70a47d7c11]

Yeah, but that's not [i70a47d7c11]real[/i70a47d7c11]. ;)

Real = BAD.

wow, I blame history, where do you go to college? where do these nasty centipedes live?!?

[quote654ec5893f="Tholek"]Told ya not to look.

Now try to get that out of your head....

http//memory-alpha.org/en/images/d/db/Chekovs_ear-ceti_eel.jpg[" alt=""/img654ec5893f][/quote654ec5893f]

[u654ec5893f]Wrath of Khan[/u654ec5893f]?

Indeedy-do.

[quoteb9b15cdb4b="thehacker010"][quoteb9b15cdb4b="Tholek"]Told ya not to look.

Now try to get that out of your head....

http//memory-alpha.org/en/images/d/db/Chekovs_ear-ceti_eel.jpg[" alt=""/imgb9b15cdb4b][/quoteb9b15cdb4b]

[ub9b15cdb4b]Wrath of Khan[/ub9b15cdb4b]?[/quoteb9b15cdb4b]

NONONONO!!!

ITS

"[size=24b9b15cdb4b]BEASTMASTER!!!![/sizeb9b15cdb4b]

[quote82bf5bf980="Tholek"]Awww, I'd catch the Gecko as a pet, or throw it out the window.

I'm with TSJ, Scorpions are more of a problem....especially since they can kill you. o

Since I've been banned from posting nasty images in the picture thread, I'll show you what I killed the other day here

http//www.whatsthatbug.com/images/house_centipede_named_bob.jpg[" alt=""/img82bf5bf980]

That's [i82bf5bf980]still[/i82bf5bf980] worse than a gecko... ;)[/quote82bf5bf980]

Also. Those bugs were in my house in Philly. I mean like tons of them, especially in spring and summer. I prolly racked up a good 100-150 kills in my year at this place. They freaked the hell out of me, especially if they crawled under my bed or something and i could get them

The worst part is knowing they're in your room when you go to sleep. Knowing they crawl all over your bed, under your covers, around your head and then they hide in your clothes you left lying on the floor.




Sorry Tholek. D

That's it. I'm staying up.

May the bags under my eyes be on your head...

some have wings!?!?!?!?!?!

Thats would be even worse if they were flying around

http//www.worth1000.com/entries/125500/125617AGIE_w.jpg[" alt=""/imgc902f5499f]

[quotead8d151138="Tholek"]That's it. I'm staying up.

May the bags under my eyes be on your head...[/quotead8d151138]

I think Tholek just tried to ask TSJ if he could teabag him.

[quotea8142f2f52="ilanbg"][quotea8142f2f52="Tholek"]That's it. I'm staying up.

May the bags under my eyes be on your head...[/quotea8142f2f52]

I think Tholek just tried to ask TSJ if he could teabag him.[/quotea8142f2f52]

Keep your fantasies out of this thread. We already have enough 'orrible things to think about. evil

I knew someone was gonna take it that way as soon as I saw it posted, though... D

[quote43084eaf70="ffactoryxx"]some have wings!?!?!?!?!?!

Thats would be even worse if they were flying around

http//www.worth1000.com/entries/125500/125617AGIE_w.jpg[" alt=""/img43084eaf70][/quote43084eaf70]

That looks photoshopped with a spider abdomen and dragonfly wings. Is that a real variety???

MAybe so but this is not.

Say hello to my little friend.


http//bugguide.net/images/cache/OZQRFZ0RSHFLTLIZDLMZ1L5RTL5RCL5RBLSZTLZZ3Z6RFZ2RCLQZCL5RBLKZ1L5RRH7ZOLLZJZ7R2L0R9L.jpg[" alt=""/imgd62b742bdd]

Those house centipedes freak me out too!! But if my wife sees one, the scream she lets out is so funny, it's almost worth finding them in my house!

[quote6225772a40="Iloveipods2"]wow, I blame history, where do you go to college? where do these nasty centipedes live?!?[/quote6225772a40]

well, i am in ohio, but i think they are fairly widespread.

The gecko will eat the insects (including the spiders and centipedes)...why not befriend him? )

[quoteaa5e0e3177="iamzim"]Those house centipedes freak me out too!! But if my wife sees one, the scream she lets out is so funny, it's almost worth finding them in my house![/quoteaa5e0e3177]

Tis very true.

It's the highest pitched EEEEEEEEEEEE you could imagine.

[quote4ae27b63a8="ffactoryxx"]MAybe so but this is not.

Say hello to my little friend.


http//bugguide.net/images/cache/OZQRFZ0RSHFLTLIZDLMZ1L5RTL5RCL5RBLSZTLZZ3Z6RFZ2RCLQZCL5RBLKZ1L5RRH7ZOLLZJZ7R2L0R9L.jpg[" alt=""/img4ae27b63a8][/quote4ae27b63a8]

It's like he's looking into my soul. Well, fuck you, I've a bathbrush with your name on it.

[quote4ae27b63a8="theysayjump"][quote4ae27b63a8="iamzim"]Those house centipedes freak me out too!! But if my wife sees one, the scream she lets out is so funny, it's almost worth finding them in my house![/quote4ae27b63a8]

Tis very true.

It's the highest pitched EEEEEEEEEEEE you could imagine.[/quote4ae27b63a8]

Be honest...we all make the same scream.

[quote5765c2f0eb="Tholek"]That's it. I'm staying up.

May the bags under my eyes be on your head...[/quote5765c2f0eb]
Well, you better stay up the rest of your life then, because bugs are everywhere....

In fact, they say that throughout our lifetime we eat, thats right, eat, hundreds of spiders and have tons of other insects go into our mouths for god knows what shrug

Oh yeah, and there are always bugs in your bed, bed-bugs they call them and there are millions of them crawling all over you when you try to sleep....Wonder what they do twisted

I know, but us eating them is better than them eating [i5344fcdeea]us[/i5344fcdeea]. ;)

As for bedbugs, you'd notice them if you have them. (flipping a matress etc) The only bugs [i5344fcdeea]on[/i5344fcdeea] that you can't detect easily would probably be dust mites, and there's simply nothing you can do about those. They're in the cleanest houses.

Except for the eyelash monsters...you left those out. )

[quote9fbbc5701d="Tholek"]I know, but us eating them is better than them eating [i9fbbc5701d]us[/i9fbbc5701d]. ;)

As for bedbugs, you'd notice them if you have them. (flipping a matress etc) The only bugs [i9fbbc5701d]on[/i9fbbc5701d] that you can't detect easily would probably be dust mites, and there's simply nothing you can do about those. They're in the cleanest houses.

Except for the eyelash monsters...you left those out. )[/quote9fbbc5701d]
Yeah, I was just trying to freak you out (did it work? twisted )

BTW, it would suck to have this in the bed with you...sucking all of your blood away...[i9fbbc5701d]CREEPY[/i9fbbc5701d]
http/" alt=""/img269.imageshack.us/img="269/9214/bedbugmp2tr.jpg[" alt=""/img9fbbc5701d]

[quote1174bb0b91="AbSoLuT_xXxEr0"]
Yeah, I was just trying to freak you out (did it work? twisted )[/quote1174bb0b91]

Nope.

Having a centipede fall on your head is worse.

That video does a job on ya too.

What the fuck is an eyelash monster?

liwhewli

Anyhow, they are the insects that live in the roots of your eyelashes. (I'm not kidding)

Everyone has them, and I think the only way to be rid of them is electrolysis. (Permanently removing the follicles and roots)

[quoteb39d1f14b8="Tholek"]liwhewli

Anyhow, they are the insects that live in the roots of your eyelashes. (I'm not kidding)

Everyone has them, and I think the only way to be rid of them is electrolysis. (Permanently removing the follicles and roots)[/quoteb39d1f14b8]
Thanks, now I have to burn out my eyes...

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demodex_mite
http//www.visions-of-science.co.uk/winners2004/win-07.htm

Nice, huh?

holy crap..... i have a few daddy long legs in the shower, and I thought liIli had it bad....

i'm going to have nightmares about that thing crawling around in my ears and mouth at night... grossssss

how bout one of these

http//www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~sjtaylor/cave/mexico/JK/images/hypochbg.gif[" alt=""/img3a155d4c57]

[quote45fced49ff="myreferrals1234"]holy crap..... i have a few daddy long legs in the shower, and I thought liIli had it bad....

i'm going to have nightmares about that thing crawling around in my ears and mouth at night... grossssss[/quote45fced49ff]

I'm not a big fan of bugs and spyders, but i'm not really scared of them either... i like messing around with them before killing them... i don't kill daddy long legs tho, i play with them... they are the most poisonous spider but their mouths aren't big enough to bite your skin...

The thing that was the worst in my house (didn't bother me, i've had pets before) was a snake one day, it was great, my mom was so scared... we found it in our basement, and then we were telling her how they can crawl up stairs, and usually go torwards heat, so since she keeps her room the hotest in the house it would be headed that way, probably under the covers... she was scared for months! haha

My first negative bug experience happened when I was a kid, when my mom dragged me along while she visited a friend's house. We drove up into his driveway, and he opened the garage.

I'm not exaggerating one bit, when I say hundreds of spiders about five or six inches across began to swarm up the door and out onto the driveway towards the car. I had to be dragged out of the car while the guy kept saying they were harmless. I remember seeing them start to climb the roof as we went through the front door.

I never pinned down which type they were (Daddy long legs, Harvestmen, whatever) but the guy was a nut to live like that.

My first [i21246dede8]positive[/i21246dede8] experience, was with caterpillars me and my friends would find in the park. We'd find one climbing a tree, put our hand in their path until they were in our palms, and pass it from hand to hand before putting it back on the tree.

Caterpillars have nothing to fear from me. ;)

[quote5239c0026f="tjwor"][quote5239c0026f="myreferrals1234"]holy crap..... i have a few daddy long legs in the shower, and I thought liIli had it bad....

i'm going to have nightmares about that thing crawling around in my ears and mouth at night... grossssss[/quote5239c0026f]

I'm not a big fan of bugs and spyders, but i'm not really scared of them either... i like messing around with them before killing them... i don't kill daddy long legs tho, i play with them... they are the most poisonous spider but their mouths aren't big enough to bite your skin...

The thing that was the worst in my house (didn't bother me, i've had pets before) was a snake one day, it was great, my mom was so scared... we found it in our basement, and then we were telling her how they can crawl up stairs, and usually go torwards heat, so since she keeps her room the hotest in the house it would be headed that way, probably under the covers... she was scared for months! haha[/quote5239c0026f]

I think that thing about the Daddy Long Legs being the most venomous spider is a myth and it isn't true.

Yeah, the Daddy Longlegs thing is a myth. ALL spiders are venemous, but there is no truth to the Daddy Longlegs being "the most venemous."

http//www.snopes.com/critters/wild/longlegs.htm

[quote70beca48b1]There is no reference to any pholcid spider biting a human and causing any detrimental reaction. If these spiders were indeed deadly poisonous but couldn't bite humans, then the only way we would know that they are poisonous is by milking them and injecting the venom into humans. For a variety of reasons including Amnesty International and a humanitarian code of ethics, this research has never been done. Furthermore, there are no toxicological studies testing the lethality of pholcid venom on any mammalian system (this is usually done with mice). Therefore, no information is available on the likely toxic effects of their venom in humans, so the part of the myth about their being especially poisonous is just that a myth. There is no scientific basis for the supposition that they are deadly poisonous and there is no reason to assume that it is true.[/quote70beca48b1]

The Daddy Longlegs is not even in the same family as other spiders. For example, they only have two eyes and one body segment. Also, it does not have venom glands that have an affect on humans, but it does have a stink glan....

However, it is possible for them to break human skin, but it requires lots of work to annoy them to that point.

[quote960e7a16b4="dmorris68"]Yeah, the Daddy Longlegs thing is a myth. ALL spiders are venemous, but there is no truth to the Daddy Longlegs being "the most venemous."

http//www.snopes.com/critters/wild/longlegs.htm

[quote960e7a16b4]There is no reference to any pholcid spider biting a human and causing any detrimental reaction. If these spiders were indeed deadly poisonous but couldn't bite humans, then the only way we would know that they are poisonous is by milking them and injecting the venom into humans. For a variety of reasons including Amnesty International and a humanitarian code of ethics, this research has never been done. Furthermore, there are no toxicological studies testing the lethality of pholcid venom on any mammalian system (this is usually done with mice). Therefore, no information is available on the likely toxic effects of their venom in humans, so the part of the myth about their being especially poisonous is just that a myth. There is no scientific basis for the supposition that they are deadly poisonous and there is no reason to assume that it is true.[/quote960e7a16b4][/quote960e7a16b4]
They busted this on Mythbusters. The Brown Recluse will fuck you up though...

In the movie Arachnaphobia. What kind of badass spiders were they?

[quote8acf782e6c="ffactoryxx"]In the movie Arachnaphobia. What kind of badass spiders were they?[/quote8acf782e6c]
I don't remember, but I do remember that they were fictional. No such spider existed, the name/species was made up for the movie.

The most venomous spider known to man is the funnel web spider of Australia. One good bite is almost certain death within an hour or two if you don't get antivenin treatment. Oz also has 8 or 9 of the world's most venomous snakes, the Box Jellyfish (one of the most venomous creatures on earth), and an overabundance of great white sharks. Seems like a nice enough place to live... shock