Hi Guys,

I have a LOT of centipedes running around my bathrooms and now sometimes I run into one in the living room in Chiang Mai.

The came out of nowhere and now I see them a LOT. No kidding.... I close the bathroom door and 30 mins later there are 1-2 running around.

What are they?

Are they poisonous or otherwise harmfull?

What can I do against them?

I really really hate bugs so please let me know what to do. Considering moving to apartment or so atm.

If pic does not work here is description:

Black long body 2" or 5cm, yellow big legs about 20 or so on each side. Some large things on the head (yellow)

Dangerous - Big Hurt is what my lady said

Centipede - avoid contact.

Do a quick search here and you'll find out more.

wife says : "Da Kaap", leg colour can be also dark red to brown,

avoid contact and biting (extremly painfull)

cannot eat

Edited March 16, 201016 yr by goldfinger

Although if I remember correctly if you take their heads and front legs (pincers) off crush them up and rub them into an open wound you should be immune to Scorpion Venom.

wife says : "Da Kaap", leg colour can be also dark red to brown,

avoid contact and biting

cannot eat

I'm not having that, I've seen worse than that for sale on some of these trolleys

from hearsay....boiled in Tom Yam......better than Viaxra

wife says : "Da Kaap", leg colour can be also dark red to brown,

avoid contact and biting (extremly painfull)

cannot eat

No but if you drown them in a bottle of Lao Khaw the venom leaches out and you drink the resulting cocktail, after24 hors marinading, and it gives you more power .

Honest.

I should know, I've drunk it.

I should know, I've drunk it.

But you dont look like your avatar now????

wife says : "Da Kaap", leg colour can be also dark red to brown,

avoid contact and biting (extremly painfull)

cannot eat

No but if you drown them in a bottle of Lao Khaw the venom leaches out and you drink the resulting cocktail, after24 hors marinading, and it gives you more power .

Honest.

I should know, I've drunk it.

Count me out on a pub-crawl with you Phil...........

These thing worry me more than snakes. painfull...

wife stepped on one also in an upstairs bathroom....

she was hospitalized and received i.v. for the night....

if you want to.... spray around the base of the room with ants insecticide to get rid of these TAR-KARP

or spray directly on them.... to exterminate.... ooooouch

wife stepped on one also in an upstairs bathroom....

she was hospitalized and received i.v. for the night....

if you want to.... spray around the base of the room with ants insecticide to get rid of these TAR-KARP

or spray directly on them.... to exterminate.... ooooouch

My experience is that they like to hide under garden pots and sand/dirt bags on the outside.

I'm in a new house and have not seen any in the house.

The wife freaks out when she sees on and the only thing that kills them is to run over them with your car.

She confirms that they can give a very painful sting or bite.

Spraying them with roach or ant spray just makes them mad and they move fast with all those scorpion like legs.

Don't wear flip-flops if you are planning to to battle with one. Full body cover is better.

Tried to use one of those mosquito electric swatters. There was a loud pop but it got away.

Look like Takarb...ตะขาบ

but yours a bit funny color

Like those white cockroaches in BKK.........here in CNX all RED!!

Capture throw away in the wild streets..sure do NOT get stung...nasty....bit of Tiger balm and visit to nearest hospital

Wonder why you got them..too many dark damp places in your condo??

Eccckyyyy.. I hate bugs too, that is one ugly one. Thank gawd

I have never encountered one in my last 12 years of travel to

the LOS. Does anyone know, are they only living up north? or

are they in Pattaya too?

wife says : "Da Kaap", leg colour can be also dark red to brown,

avoid contact and biting (extremly painfull)

cannot eat

No but if you drown them in a bottle of Lao Khaw the venom leaches out and you drink the resulting cocktail, after24 hors marinading, and it gives you more power .

Honest.

I should know, I've drunk it.

true, I've seen in mainland china in a local eatery - everyone including women was drinking centipede+scorpion mixed sake drink

having a good time...

the latin name is scalopendra (spelling?) where i lived in greece they are called saranda podia (40 feet) they are very toxic ...i was once bitten while sleeping in bed and my leg was dead like pins and needles for about 8 hours, After this i always killed them on sight but greeks told me they are the gardners friend and eat slugsand other things which destroy your vegetable crop.

It is certainly a member of the genus Scolopendra, there are many different species in Thailand which cannot be easily distinguished, and especially not with a photo alone

Some Thai dare to take them into their mouth: http://www.fpmconsultant.com/htm/news02.php?id=119

I would not recommend Farangs doing so...

Erwin

Edited March 16, 201016 yr by chinnotes

very sore if they bite you, beware

was bitten a few years ago hurt like hel_l hate the dam_n things they move very quick and are very aggresive kill the dam_n things nice machete and a few taps to them makes them a lot smaller easier to catch when only 4 sets of ten legs right slows them down to

When you see one, squash it.

They give a very nasty bite.

Use any spray with a pic of a cockroach on the can... Good stuff!

Spray around the extreme corners & edges of the rooms, too.

90bt or less, a large can, job done.

Thank god i live in Europe.

A teensy wincy spider freaks me out. Show me one of those things, you'd have to scrape me off the ceiling.

wife stepped on one also in an upstairs bathroom....

she was hospitalized and received i.v. for the night....

if you want to.... spray around the base of the room with ants insecticide to get rid of these TAR-KARP

or spray directly on them.... to exterminate.... ooooouch

My experience is that they like to hide under garden pots and sand/dirt bags on the outside.

I'm in a new house and have not seen any in the house.

The wife freaks out when she sees on and the only thing that kills them is to run over them with your car.

She confirms that they can give a very painful sting or bite.

Spraying them with roach or ant spray just makes them mad and they move fast with all those scorpion like legs.

Don't wear flip-flops if you are planning to to battle with one. Full body cover is better.

Tried to use one of those mosquito electric swatters. There was a loud pop but it got away.

chanwit

i guarantee that if you spray directly on any of them, which i have had done several times since, the size of 6 to 8 inch long--red, brown or black colored, initially they would try to escape....

you need to keep on spraying on them, better yet just spray and cover the whole body,

in a minute or two.... they will stop squirming completely and CHAI-YO, CHAI-YO, CHAI-YO....

your lovely wife will proclaim you the greatest deliverer in her life time....

I you are allergic you can actually die from a bite.

These thing worry me more than snakes. painfull...

Agreed, I will catch and release a snake found in the house - centipedes are to be killed on sight.

I too have been bitten by one - very painful.