hi, i keep finding these bugs at home and starting to worry if they may be dangerous.
It looks like a small grey sail without a shell, or maybe like a house centipede, without body legs, it only has legs in front and back, maybe 2-3 pairs total. about 0.5 inch long. I cannot find any picture online that would resemble it.
2007-10-07 01:30:29 · 4 answers · asked by gula 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
That sounds kind of like what's commonly called a "Silver Fish". I've never heard of them being dangerous but, whenever I see one, I always think about a scary story my older brother used to tell me about some bug called an ear-wig.
2007-10-07 01:40:11 · answer #1 · answered by Max R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah it could be an inchworm, since you described it as like a house centipede...But if you are finding them more in the sink or bathroom it probably is a silverfish.
You'd find those around and they are quite common. They eat anything that contains starch or dextrin in adhesives
-glues, photos, book bindings,paper, and hair. Neither of them are harmless.
2007-10-07 08:48:20 · answer #2 · answered by From First to Last's Emily. 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Inchworm, harmless to humans, voracious eater of desired plants.
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3F_adv_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Dinchworm%26sz%3Dall%26ei%3DUTF-8%26ni%3D20%26fr%3Dush-ans%26b%3D41&w=500&h=375&imgurl=static.flickr.com%2F212%2F479257264_b87f42dd88_m.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2F64308277%40N00%2F479257264%2F&size=88.6kB&name=479257264_b87f42dd88.jpg&p=inchworm&type=jpeg&no=60&tt=9,747&oid=50563d3d2a1948b8&fusr=wi_ng_nut&tit=Well+Hidden+Inchworm&hurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2F64308277%40N00%2F&ei=UTF-8&src=p
They can be many different colors.
GGR
2007-10-07 08:37:06 · answer #3 · answered by reynwater 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
silverfish?
2007-10-07 09:23:16 · answer #4 · answered by Deborah S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋