r/mildlyinteresting • u/elpierce • Jul 25 '22

A scorpion drinking the condensation off of my beverage [OC] Quality Post

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u/calatranacation Jul 25 '22

Cool cool cool cool I was wondering what would keep me awake tonight thanks

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u/Warhawk2052 Jul 25 '22

a centipede crawling over your body while you sleep

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u/ElGosso Jul 25 '22

You get used to them after a while. Granted, it's never pleasant when they run across your leg in the middle of the night, but at least they aren't venomous.

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u/jimmyhat37 Jul 25 '22

House centipedes do have venom, their stingers are modified legs next to their mouths. They're supposed to be good bugs but I just don't like them. Give me spiders all day long, they at least don't dart across the floor out of the corner of your eye at night when the lights are dim making you spend 45 minutes looking for it because you wont sleep until you do.

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u/TheCarpe Jul 25 '22

This is how I feel. House centipede bro, I know you're just trying to get by, and I'm on board with you killing other bugs in my home. If you stay in the dark corners where I can't see you, you can stay as long as you want. Eat like a king. I don't care.

The second I see you in the light, your time is at an end.

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u/Rhaedas Jul 25 '22

I'm the same way, I know they're a good bug to have inside, but why do they have to scurry in the same way others do, like roaches? I guess that speed is how they catch the pests.

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u/ElGosso Jul 25 '22

I meant not like a bark scorpion is - house centipedes stings aren't dangerous unless you're allergic.

And unlike spiders, house centipedes don't rappell down from the ceiling into your hair - so it's a tradeoff.