Comments on: A Shoe Drill Dilemma

By: The Amoeba

The Amoeba — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:15:45 +0000

Edith, if your "centipic" looks like this, it's actually a millipede, not a centipede. The "come into the house when it rains" behavior sounds more like "millipede" to me than "centipede". Also, the only reference to Seychelles centipedes that I could find indicates that they're less than 2 inches (50 cm) long, and such a small centipede is unlikely to inflict much of a bite. Millipedes move slowly, eat plants, and do not bite. Centipedes move quickly, eat insects and other small animals, and bite with a pair of modified claws that inject a venom similar to the one in bee stings. Only the larger centipedes have claws that are large and strong enough to break human skin. Because of the venom, a centipede bite will look and feel much like a bee sting, and the treatment is similar.

By: Edith Sinon

Edith Sinon — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:48:02 +0000

I’m happy to have found this side – so far I felt a bit funny since every page talks about the nice centipedes… I’m in Seychelles and just had a little confrontation with – we call it – a centipic. And since I was told that it hurts a lot, when they sting – I could not let it survive! But how come that you cannot read about these biting centipedes?? they seem to come in the house, when there is a lot of rain…. do you know about the bites – how they look and what can be done????
Kind regards from the Seychelles
Edith

By: Angela D. Patterson

Angela D. Patterson — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:45:20 +0000

Amoeba you are welcome.. I like to go to diffrent websites and read about alot of diffrent things..

By: Quilly

Quilly — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:22:00 +0000

Lovely quote. I read it on the original website — Hawaiian Brian, no?

By: The Amoeba

The Amoeba — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:44:30 +0000

Good shooing, Angela. And thanks for checking in. Good to know that this two-year-old centipede post has got (ahem) legs.

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:08:59 +0000

I was sitting at my computer desk, I was watching youtube videos, I look up on my livingroom wall by my front door. I jump up
and I saw a centipede crawling on my wall.
I took my shoe off and I open my front door
and knock it out the door..

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:28:25 +0000

Being from Hawaii I can tell you that the best weapons are big barbecue tongs to grab them with and a ball-peen hammer to hit them over the head, as they are almost impossible to kill. Or you can cut them in half with a machete or shovel, but be careful, because both pieces will continue to move around for several minutes and the head can still sting you until it finally dies.

By: See Spots Run « O’Ceallaigh & The Quill

See Spots Run « O’Ceallaigh & The Quill — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:18:31 +0000

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By: theluckyone

theluckyone — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:51:35 +0000

I’m happy to know that I’m not the only one living here in Hawaii and seeing these things! I woke up to find one curled up on my floor. Thinking he was dead, I did the exact same thing you did- but I used a quarted – placed it beside him and took a picture. Wanting to make sure he was dead, I took some ant and roach killer (the other thing that is going to sink this island) and sprayed him. Sure enough, that thing started busting a move across my carpet in snake fashion. Ahh! I’m not looking forward to a bite from this thing in the middle of the night. First thing -I google searched centipedes and found you.. hoping for an answer, but found comfort knowing I’m not alone!

and just to throw in my 2 cents on the shoes – I’m from the south, and we left our shoes on – but I’m following suit here and removing my “slippas”

By: Anna

Anna — Mon, 25 May 2009 13:30:55 +0000

I just logged on for i hate those critters, just tried killing one in my garage. “what the is he doing in my garage” i sprayed it with morteen about 20 times. I think i temporarily gave it a paralising effect. Wanted to know more on how to kill them. Thank God i didnt get close enough and mush it. For i would hate to invite other unwanted guests.

By: Hitchhiker « O’Ceallaigh & The Quill

Hitchhiker « O’Ceallaigh & The Quill — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:20:49 +0000

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By: The Amoeba

The Amoeba — Mon, 04 May 2009 03:51:47 +0000

OJM, I remember the scorpion hunt, from a field trip to the Caribbean many years ago. One person on that trip spent a restless night because he kept feeling these pinpricks. The next morning he shook a shirt-button-sized scorpion out of his sleeping bag.

We never did see another live centipede in the place, so the smell must not have been enough to counteract the shoe-borne “not welcome” mat.

By: OJM

OJM — Sun, 03 May 2009 08:55:53 +0000

In AZ we had to watch out for scorpions. In fact we had to check out shoes first before putting them on. I guess now is not the time to tell you the crushing a centipede to death causes a smell signal that invites others into the home?That’s why the machete and the flame thrower. First you slice it-then you fry it. No smell left.

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