• Platypus@sh.itjust.works
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    9 hours ago

    House centipedes are actually friends! They don’t eat your food, clothes, or house, nor spread disease, but they do eat all the little bugs that do those things.

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      4 hours ago

      Adding this to the list of insects to scoop up on a sheet of paper and put outside. Assuming I ever see one inside.

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        42 minutes ago

        Good luck scooping up a motherfucking house centipede. They move at like five billion miles per hour.

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      9 hours ago

      I totally believe you!

      I do my best not to kill spiders and other friends. I only do it if I cannot transport them to a safer place for some reason or if it’s pure instinct (as in, I saw it unexpectedly and swatted at it without thinking).

      Having said that, I totally get that some people have intense fear of these creatures. In this case, cat to the rescue!

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        4 hours ago

        Insects terrify the absolute sanity outta me. Then I feel bad about having killed a usually beneficial bug.

        Except the spotted lanternflies. Screw them.