Ewww! There Was Just a 3 INCH LONG Thousand Legger In My Kitchen!!!

[Placebo]

I am deathly, I mean, deathly afraid of bugs, even little ones.

I go into my kitchen all happily and positive (after just ordering a Kerry/Edwards t-shirt and some buttons) and I look up on the wall and there is a G I A N T thousand legger on the wall! I mean huge, like 3 inches long and huge and furry with like a million legs, I wanted to collapse.

I sprayed it with hairspray, but it just fell down from the wall into a plant. Then I sprayed it again and it jumped onto the floor and scurried under a shelf!

It's going to come back and kill me in my sleep, I just know it. :scared:

[democrat in Tallahassee]

1. Ann coulter was in your kitchen? Yuk!

[bleedingheart]

2. I am afraid of buts too!

hee hee...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Do you have a cat?

Mine have been known to eat centipedes. It's gross, but they do the job.

[Alleycat]

5. Cats are great for bug duty

They are relentless-never give up until that bug is so dead. Sometimes mine eat them also but most of the time they leave them as a gift to be cleaned up later.

[AlFrankenFan]

4. Memories of one I saw in Oceanside, CA

I was sitting on the couch with my mom and two year old sister when I saw one crawling across the floor. We cut it in two with a dust pan, and even after a few hours both halves were still twitching. Then there was one under the "step" that leads into our garage. To this day I always make sure there isn't anything there....they scare me, too.

[Sabriel]

10. I hate the way the legs keep twitching...

even after you've smushed the body with a tissue. I had one run across me in bed one night, and I still have nightmares about it.

[Placebo]

11. Oh Dear GAWD...

that's terrifying!!!

I would have to move if that happened to me. :scared:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

6. Here's some things to do

It sounds like you have a giant millipede. Have someone check the plants in your kitchen to check and make sure they are not harborages for the critter. Make sure there isn't standing moisture in your kitchen, and keep lights off as much as possible. Moisture and light are major bug attractants.

Next, check outside. Do you have a lot of leaves/mulch near your house? This will encourage bugs, especially caterpillars and millipedes. Rake this stuff away from the foundation and make sure your yard is properly drained.

Tomorrow, go to a health food store and purchase some food grade diatemaceous earth. This product, made of ground up fossilized seashells, when sprinkled on milipedes and insects, cuts their skin/or exoskeleton, killing them. It is an organic product, and food grade is safe.

Hope this information is helpful. Yes, I work for a pest control company.

[Placebo]

8. Wow, thanks a lot!

:)

[Sabriel]

9. Say, you're not... TOM DELAY, are you?

I thought I recognized your posts!

[Placebo]

12. Ha!

:)

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

13. NO WAY

The pest control company I work for is 100% Democratic, voting solidly for Kerry!

[Hello_Kitty]

7. Hairspray won't work, it just emboldens them.

Get yourself a big old can of Raid.

[THUNDER HANDS]

14. my god

See what radiation does. It'll be attacking Tokyo soon, I bet. :D

[soothsayer]

15. Mighta been a big silverfish. They have really complicated societies

(for real) and are really interesting to read about. I have some big fuzzy things that terrify me, too, and which coulda' used hairspray on their long locks..!

[chaska]

16. PLEASE, I'M EATING!!!

[DBoon]

17. The lizard is your friend

reptiles are great - they eat lots of bugs.

Get a gecko!

[Elidor]

18. Mmmmm...crunchy!

Haven't had a good thousand-legger in ages.

[Baja Margie]

19. We get those little critters

here constantly, and I mean constantly. I've killed thousands of them, they come in from outside. I read that they are not poisonous but can bite. They're quick too.

[Placebo]

20. They can run like the speed of light!

And you can never predict which direction they will burst away in.

[NaturalHigh]

21. You should see the ones we get...

Where I work, we've got some sort of multi-colored millipedes that make my skin crawl. All my life I've been afraid of spiders, but they're nothing compared to these little creatures.