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Sorry, I don't have a pic. But these things were plaguing the rental I'm now vacating. The roof had been leaking, and the attic was wasted with mold, which a ceiling collapse revealed during recent hard rains. This also revealed where these critters were coming from.
They look like a crawling feather, with long antennae, wide at the front, narrow at the back. They're quite agile and fast, despite their ungainly appearance, and stick to walls pretty well. I've never seen so many legs on something. Up until the attic damage was revealed, I kept seeing them all the time. I bombed, with Raid fumigators, sprayed, no joy. My landlady was less than helpful, but she bought me more spray. I'd told her there were leaks, all over, wrote letters (sigh) she just kept saying she'd "get someone to look at things".
These nasty bugs really tied it. Especially after I found their breeding ground. I've been unable to identify them, still, however. They are quite large. Some I saw going 3-4 inches or better. Sort of a light amber is color, black tipped "legs". Like I said, they look like a crawling feather, for lack of a better description. Never seen anything like them in NV, and I've been here most all my life. They obviously like nasty, wet environments. Any body have any idea what these things could be? I'd really appreciate hearing about it if so. I'm stumped....
Here is a somewhat poor quality video of a House Centipede, but the first few seconds show one clearly. Contrary to the comments at the start, they are not dangerous
Here is a somewhat poor quality video of a House Centipede, but the first few seconds show one clearly. Contrary to the comments at the start, they are not dangerous
This is it. Yep, centipede. Just not even close to the type of critter I'm used to seeing. The ones I'm used to are the regular desert centipede, that liveds under rocks , logs n such. Deep reddish brown, and of a more ...uniform..construction. I'm vacating this place, not so much because of the critters( but that's an add on) but because of the conditions that brought them. I reckon that these things were actually better than others bugs that could have showed up, still, aint a fan of living with any bugs. Thanks much for the replies. I'd just never seen a "centipede" that looked like these things. Scorpions, vinagaroons, sand spiders, etc. It seems this breed is a bit more ...cosmopolitan,,,than I'm used to. lol
Here is a somewhat poor quality video of a House Centipede, but the first few seconds show one clearly. Contrary to the comments at the start, they are not dangerous
Scutigera coleoptrara, the house centipede, can bite, although bites are rare since their forcipules are not strong enough to penetrate human skin. The bite feels like a bee sting and can cause redness and mild to severe swelling. Of course, that means you'd have to be dumb enough to let one of these horrors get close enough to bite you - I'd be running the other way! BTW, this time of year the cooling weather forces them indoors to find shelter in human habitats. Oh, and house centipedes, many of which live their entire lives indoors, have an average life span of 3 to 7 years. Fortunately, they eat other pests such as roaches, flies, moths, bedbugs, and earwigs. So enjoy! The centipede can be your friend! (At a distance).
Sometimes they will climb the walls, and fall on you. At that particular time you will hear an old man scream like a little girl a mile away.
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I'd told her there were leaks, all over, wrote letters (sigh) she just kept saying she'd "get someone to look at things". 
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