In my house house which is on the pittsburg marina, there are the bugs that look like flat worms with like fifty legs(that's a guess, I didn't really count). They are not centipedes or milipedes. I,m sure because the legs are longer than those. The top of them (including the top of the legs) is striped with black and like a creamish white color. The bottom is all the same creamish color. When I first saw it a few days ago it was climbing up my wall pretty fast. Today I caught one that was a little bit smaller but again was climbing up my wall. I put it in a plastic jar and it appears to not be able to climb on the smooth surface. Please tell me what these bugs are for they are creeping me out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-08-12 08:23:37 · 4 answers · asked by Q 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Well, I may be wrong, but it sounds like you are describing what are called house centipedes which don't look like the typical centipede. They are common house centipedes and they like to hang out where it is moist. They can bite, but they are not poisonous. Here is an article for identification, information, and control:
http://www.uos.harvard.edu/ehs/pes_centipedes.shtml
2007-08-12 13:56:54 · answer #1 · answered by Sptfyr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
choose greater counsel. "two times the scale as ants" would not say plenty for the reason that ants are available diverse sizes worldwide extensive. The bugs you're staring at would actually be ants...as quickly as or so each and every 3 hundred and sixty 5 days each and every of the winged male ants from nests will fly off searching for friends to start up new colonies someplace else, and the adult males look merely like ants with wings. you is additionally seeing some variety of fly, a wasp (probable threat unfastened), or perhaps some form of beetles. lower back, no longer plenty to bypass on right here.
2016-12-30 10:46:55 · answer #2 · answered by cabaniss 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's good that you caught one. I would contact a local exterminator in your area and provide the description to them. On Yahoo, we can only speculate, but considering they are in your area, they have probably seen them a hundred times. They will still answer your questions even if you choose to not have them come to your home. I can tell you that I have always been led to believe that any "markings" on an insect are usually not good things. I would contact them today to be sure. If you are hesitant about contacting the exterminator, I would then look for bug websites where a description can be entered and a name or suggestions will pop out. I would call the exterminator first. Good luck!
2007-08-12 08:38:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earwigs?
2007-08-12 08:30:29 · answer #4 · answered by The Banana Guy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋