house centipede
Many-legged indoor crawler
A house centipede is a long-legged arthropod commonly found indoors, recognizable by its many pairs of legs radiating from a flattened body.
Despite their alarming appearance, house centipedes are harmless to humans and prey on household pests like spiders and insects.
They favor damp areas—basements, bathrooms, drains: I found a house centipede in the bathtub.
Disturbingly strange
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
- phobiaPersistent irrational dread
- startleFrighten suddenly
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
shudder · horror · alarm · disgust · repulsive · grotesque · eerie · scream
External skeletal structure
- segmentedDivided into sections
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
- legsLocomotion appendages below torso
- invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
molting · chitin · mandible · jointed · terrestrial · myriapod · arthropod · venomous
Organism eating bugs primarily
- preyAnimal being hunted
- huntingPursuing wild game
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- venomInjected animal poison
pounce · capture · stealth · fangs · carnivore · voracious · beneficial · pest control
Moving with speed
- scurryHurried small-stepped motion
- dartingMoving suddenly, swiftly
- agileLimber and quick-moving
- nimbleQuick and light-moving
quick · sprint · dash · zigzag · rapid · fleet · skitter · burst
Pest takeover situation
- exterminatorOne who eradicates vermin
- pesticideAgent destroying harmful organisms
- trapDevice for catching animals
- basementSubterranean building level
bathroom · unwanted · nuisance · crawlspace · crevice · damp · silverfish · spider
creepy
Disturbingly strange
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
- phobiaPersistent irrational dread
- startleFrighten suddenly
revulsion · shudder · horror · alarm · disgust · repulsive · grotesque · eerie · scream · dread
exoskeleton
External skeletal structure
- segmentedDivided into sections
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
- legsLocomotion appendages below torso
invertebrate · molting · chitin · mandible · jointed · terrestrial · myriapod · arthropod · venomous · multilegged
insectivore
Organism eating bugs primarily
venom · pounce · capture · stealth · fangs · carnivore · voracious · beneficial · pest control · nocturnal hunter
swift
Moving with speed
nimble · quick · sprint · dash · zigzag · rapid · fleet · skitter · burst · escape
infestation
Pest takeover situation
- exterminatorOne who eradicates vermin
- pesticideAgent destroying harmful organisms
- trapDevice for catching animals
basement · bathroom · unwanted · nuisance · crawlspace · crevice · damp · silverfish · spider · cockroach
nighttime
Dark hours between dusk and dawn
shadowy · midnight · hiding · secretive · reclusive · elusive · emerge · retreat · crepuscular · lurking
- Scutigeridae
- arthropodsarthropod, arthropods, Arthropoda, insects, insect
- household pestsant, cockroach, roach, housefly, fly
- urban wildlifepigeon, brown rat, rat, raccoon, feral pigeon
- myriapodsmillipede, millipedes
- predatory invertebratespraying mantis, mantis, dragonfly, assassin bug, ground beetle