Centipedes

[besth]

Not sure if it is right here or should it be in farming, but certainly don't want to farm those.

I am getting quite a few of those undesirable creatures. Do any of you know what to do to

get rid of them? (for good).

[hanno]

Are you sure they are centipedes and not the much more common (and harmless) millipedes?

[asiaexpat]

Did it look like this?

[Commander Tamson]

Aliens! Be afraid. Be very afraid!

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[evadgib]

A timely reminder to be careful when opening the box storing your Christmas trees! A centipede the size of a TV remote bit my wife on the neck & shoulder as she slept last year; having earlier been evicted from our tree box.

The tree currently reeks of mothballs but I doubt if that'll help the OP:)

Edited December 5, 2013 by evadgib

[tutsiwarrior]

and when I prepare to come home from my overseas assignment I call the wife to say: 'hi darlin'! I'm coming home next week so clean out my study and kill all the takabs...'

and then she usually takes a strong bug spray and sprays under the furniture to flush them out and then when they appear she whacks them with a long handled device...usually does the trick...

ick...a bite from one ob dem critters can ruin yer whole time off from work...

and then I declare to the beloved little niece: 'look here darlin', with yer uncle tutsi around ain't no one gonna mess wid ye...' and then she replies: 'I'm 11 y.o. now uncle tuts and ain't no one gonna bite me, venomous insect or otherwise...'

WHACK!...get back ye nasty debbil...

[MichaelJackson]

Get rid for good ? Easy, size 10 applied with great force in downward motion.

[hanno]

Get rid for good ? Easy, size 10 applied with great force in downward motion.

First time I got zapped as a kid in Africa it was through a sneaker. Admittedly through the uppers, not the sole.

[willyumiii]

I pretty much "live and let live".

But since my neighbor told me two of his golden labs have been killed by centipede bites, I "dispatch" them as soon as I see them.

I usually use a long bamboo pole to give them a damn good whacking.

That way I can still keep my distance.

One area of my yard seemed to have quite a few in residence.

Saw a couple crawl out of a crack in the soil along the foundation of my house while watering the garden one day in that area.

The next morning, I mixed up some chlordane in a watering can and soaked the soil around the foundation with it.

I haven't seen any centipedes in that area since.

It seems to have done the trick.

Chlordane is pretty strong stuff and can last up to a year for things like termites and ants.

I would not use it around anything someone might eat!

Choke dee!

[GinBoy2]

Takabs are evil little critters, bite hurts like hell. I've never really experienced them in the house, but whenever I see 'em outside, I concur with the sharp downward foot eradication method

[canuckamuck]

I was rinsing off some walls to be repainted and the takabs didn't like water filling up their hiding places. So occasionally I would see one scurry by. While I was cleaning a high area I felt something tickling my foot. I glanced down and saw one entering my sandals. I jumped higher that day then I ever had, but my shoes never left the ground.

It took me a while to get back to work.

[Mike45]

I pretty much "live and let live".

But since my neighbor told me two of his golden labs have been killed by centipede bites, I "dispatch" them as soon as I see them.

I usually use a long bamboo pole to give them a dam_n good whacking.

That way I can still keep my distance.

One area of my yard seemed to have quite a few in residence.

Saw a couple crawl out of a crack in the soil along the foundation of my house while watering the garden one day in that area.

The next morning, I mixed up some chlordane in a watering can and soaked the soil around the foundation with it.

I haven't seen any centipedes in that area since.

It seems to have done the trick.

Chlordane is pretty strong stuff and can last up to a year for things like termites and ants.

I would not use it around anything someone might eat!

Choke dee!

Where can I buy chlordane? Is there a brand name?

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[Crossy]

Where can I buy chlordane? Is there a brand name?

It's been banned in the US since 1983, probably available at your local farm outlet

Since we started keeping chickens and guinea fowl we've seen a significant reduction in the creepy-crawly population, nice eggs too

[Mike45]

Where can I buy chlordane? Is there a brand name?

It's been banned in the US since 1983, probably available at your local farm outlet

I used it in the US and realize how well it works when used properly. In my experience there wasn't a good replacement for it. That's why when I saw it mentioned above I asked where to find it.

Thanks

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[daoyai]

Where can I buy chlordane? Is there a brand name?

It's been banned in the US since 1983, probably available at your local farm outlet

Since we started keeping chickens and guinea fowl we've seen a significant reduction in the creepy-crawly population, nice eggs too

Chickens are the best, if you use poison you are a pussy and should live in a condo, I call BS on the poster that said that dogs were killed by them unless the dogs were seriously unhealthy to start with.

[wolfmuc]

Where can I buy chlordane? Is there a brand name?

It's been banned in the US since 1983, probably available at your local farm outlet

Since we started keeping chickens and guinea fowl we've seen a significant reduction in the creepy-crawly population, nice eggs too

Chickens are the best, if you use poison you are a pussy and should live in a condo, I call BS on the poster that said that dogs were killed by them unless the dogs were seriously unhealthy to start with.

It's banned because of its toxicity and persistence of the manufacture, sale and use of chlordane (since 1971 in Germany

and since 1981 in the European Union too). I'm sure not without reason. - These centipedes or scolopendra prefer wet and filthy places.

So tidying up might be a good idea?

They are active predators taking prey as large as rodents and even bats.^[3] Their bites are very painful, but are rarely fatal in humans.^[4]

The venom is delivered through the animal's forcipules, which lie just behind the mandibles. The venoms of Scolopendra species

contain compounds such as serotonin, haemolytic phospholipase A, a cardiotoxic protein and a cytolysin.^[5] - (Wiki)

[JusMe]

Chickens love snacking on centipedes and seem never to be harmed by them. This is one of the reasons many Thai yards have two or three chickens running about. And the eggs could be a great side benefit.

[Thongkorn]

Chickens love snacking on centipedes and seem never to be harmed by them. This is one of the reasons many Thai yards have two or three chickens running about. And the eggs could be a great side benefit.

Chickens are good for eating Bing too, leaches to falangs

[In Search of Space]

last January I was bitten by something that looked like a sheep-tick, had blood poisoning all the way up my leg

[brianP]

Where can I buy chlordane? Is there a brand name?

It's been banned in the US since 1983, probably available at your local farm outlet

I used it in the US and realize how well it works when used properly. In my experience there wasn't a good replacement for it. That's why when I saw it mentioned above I asked where to find it.

Thanks

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Hope you are drinking bottled water.

[Costas2008]

Step on them.

Simple

[monkey4u]

Home Pro sell a white powder for killing ants.

I dont know its name just look for a bag with an ant in a circle with a red stripe on it

It comes in 1 kilo bags.

Dust this around the outside of the house and NOTHING will enter

The first time I used it, I came out the next morning to see a multitude of dead critters

Ants , lizards, crickets plus more.

All they have to do is walk on it

I toss it over the mango trees to deter the red ants from building nests

[simon43]

The first time I used it, I came out the next morning to see a multitude of dead critters

Ants , lizards, crickets plus more.

Sounds a good way to stop the MIL from visiting

[sunshine51]

Centipede & Millipede Primer for noobs & old timers.

Millipedes are harmless and eat nothing but vegetables or decaying vegetation.

They'll even eat the moss that grows on the sides of cement structures...that's

why one can see those squiggly lines on the moss & wonder..."Gee...what did that?"

Now you know....millipedes did it. One species of millipede emits hydrogen cyanide

gas if handled or "disturbed"....it's the most common millipede in LOS save for the

red millipede and named the yellow spotted millipede...and it has no natural enemies.

I wonder why?! Millipedes are also slow movers....they crawl around slowly & fill their

tummies with vegies.

Millipede pictures....

Centipedes are plain old nasty critters that bite anything they happen not to like

which usually means everything and anything that may or may not disturb them

anytime and anywhere. Centipedes are carnivorous....they be meat eaters

maties! And centipedes are very fast movers....surprisingly fast at that.

I can vouch that the bite from a centipede is extremely painful (read agonizing akin

to a severe toothache), which can last for days, will cause a huge amount of swelling,

may cause necrosis of the skin in the bite area (may turn black & rot but will eventually

heal....maybe), will bring extreme discomfort (HAH!) to the entire body and also...may

be fatal if you have a allergic reaction to the bastards venom. The only supposedly

centipede bite death happened in the Philippines to a young girl who was bitten on

the head and died 29 hours after the bite. However...be warned...you may end up

in hospital anyway if you get bitten so the best advice is to not get bitten.

Centipede Pictures...

...bite is akin to a bee sting.

...Nasty Bastard

...Nasty bastard again but different.

A link to a lad who was bitten China...describes the ordeal pretty acurately too!

http://kamjacobsen.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/youve-been-bitten-by-a-venomous-centipede-now-what/

Best way to avoid centipede bites....Keep your home clean, don't go poking around

in old wooden crap or under long standing cans, logs etc outside & in dark cupboards.

And if you do get zapped....you'll most likely live to tell the tale...I did.

Best way to kill a centipede...my size 12 foot; with a shoe on it I should add.

Happy & Safe Holidays Y'all!

NB...edit to add stuff about speed of movement of the bugs.

Edited December 28, 2013 by sunshine51

[MantisMan]

In Japan, we leave our shoes on the Genkan or otherwise known as the front porch, just before you step up into the house.

Had one sneak into my shoe once. Went to put my shoe on and felt something moving around.

I had never moved so fast in my life to get that shoe off and the surprise of what fell out!!

In Japanese, called "Mukade" 百足, "one hundred feet".

Makes sense.

[brianP]

Home Pro sell a white powder for killing ants.

I dont know its name just look for a bag with an ant in a circle with a red stripe on it

It comes in 1 kilo bags.

Dust this around the outside of the house and NOTHING will enter

The first time I used it, I came out the next morning to see a multitude of dead critters

Ants , lizards, crickets plus more.

All they have to do is walk on it

I toss it over the mango trees to deter the red ants from building nests

You were made for this place.

[ozyjon]

Are you sure they are centipedes and not the much more common (and harmless) millipedes?

Count their legs ?

[Guest]

In Japanese, called "Mukade" 百足, "one hundred feet".

Makes sense.

The same in Finnish, millipede is "one with thousands legs". Actually millipedes have about 100 legs and centipedes few tens. This is the reason why I always forgot which is which.

Better to think in Latin (or similar) as the length of the legs (pedes).

Millipede = millimetre legs

Centipede = centimetre legs

[circusman]

Recent guest in Chiang Mai.

[canuckamuck]

In Japanese, called "Mukade" 百足, "one hundred feet".

Makes sense.

The same in Finnish, millipede is "one with thousands legs". Actually millipedes have about 100 legs and centipedes few tens. This is the reason why I always forgot which is which.

Better to think in Latin (or similar) as the length of the legs (pedes).

Millipede = millimetre legs

Centipede = centimetre legs

Or more easily milli meaning 1000 and centi meaning 100. pede meaning foot