First time I ever encountered a "House Centipede": What was the scariest insect you've come across? - General

i was fishing once and when i went to grab some more bait a fuken huge fly(like 2-3 inches) landed extremely fast onto the boats windshield and it wasnt a cicada because i could tell by its eyes i almost fell off the boat

[QUOTE=Araknid;36278891]I don't mind spiders, as they leave me alone if I do the same. However, something about White Tail spiders makes me want to destroy them. Unfortunately, in Australia, during Summer, its spider galore and out of all the spiders possible, I get White Tails the most. Also there's the occasional black house spider sitting in a corner of a room or window but they're bros.[/QUOTE] Oh man I just looked up black house spider after that [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kqvHOTObvk[/media] That is why I could never live in Australia

My house was a mess when me and my family first moved in last year. Literally every other day I found a house centipede in my room. On three separate occasions I found one crawling in my bed. For the first couple months before we got rid of the infestation I would spend ten minutes combing the entire room for centipedes before I felt safe enough to fall asleep. That's not even the worst infestation I've encountered. When I was about 14 we kept finding Camelback crickets in the house. My father brought me a big tank of insect spray and told me to spray every wall under the house with it. There were crickets everywhere. The walls were crawling with them. The thing about camelback crickets is that they will jump at you when frightened, so I had to be careful not to get attacked by a swarm of poison drenched crickets. Everything was going relatively fine until I was almost at the last of the wall. There was one section that was completely covered in crickets. I literally could not see the cinder-block wall behind them. I kept moving closer to the wall having trouble believing how many of them there were... Then I looked up. The ceiling barely an inch above my head was covered in just as many of them. I don't know how I got out of there alive, but I did managed to kill them all.

I had a giant spider crawl out from the back of my TV once. Scared the shit out of me. Other than that, here in the UK we get these bastards a lot. [img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5s67MJWOeAg/SdiYl_s5aHI/AAAAAAAAANE/WwVQkbW4Cr4/s400/800px-Crane_fly_on_window.JPG[/img] Crane flies. They're more annoying than scary.

This: [quote][img]http://mdilleymillbrook.wikispaces.com/file/view/scorpion02kirkhart.jpg/77488849/scorpion02kirkhart.jpg[/img][/quote] and this: [quote][img]http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/files/2010/07/TarantulaHawk-large3-550x420.jpg[/img][/quote] And I know that the scorpion isn't technically an insect.

Back when I lived in Florida, our house was right in front of this big woods/foresty area. Right after a hurricane, I went outside and this guy was sitting on our porch. [img]http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/2166/bugki2.jpg[/img] I think they're called Sun Spiders.

i get house centipedes all the time. my cats attack and kill them for me. fuck if im going near any though

[QUOTE=_Kent_;36279233]This: and this: And I know that the scorpion isn't technically an insect.[/QUOTE] not going to reference a popular post-apocalyptic RPG for that second picture. nope that would be redundant ... but fucking christ all mighty anyone else hate those things i mean im just walking through the wasteland and BAM fucking stung to death fffffuuuuuck No but seriously, the scariest insect I've ever come across was in the dead of night. I'm just lying there in bed, awake, and I swear there's some black circle right above me. I don't pay it much mind until I turn on the light to read a book. What was it? [img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4797623953_5b24d701fa.jpg[/img] a fucking wolf spider. Just chilling there on the ceiling. Directly above me. I literally did not fall asleep that night.

[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Brown-recluse-2-edit.jpg[/IMG] Saw one on my dad's boot when we went hunting in Texas, nope'd immediately, grabbed my Ruger and shot it to bits.

[QUOTE=_Kent_;36279233]This: and this: And I know that the scorpion isn't technically an insect.[/QUOTE] I have a scorpion (Only for a few more days though, I'm giving her away soon) and they're actually really chill bros. They're real skittish and are [I]way[/I] more scared of people than we are of them.

I can remember a few years ago I was seated in front of my computer, minding my own business, til I felt something brushing against my leg, I didn't think anything of it, just thought it was my pant leg and all that, [I]til I felt it starting to go upwards[/I] So in a panic I slapped my leg and shook my pant leg out, and what appeared to be a stunned miniature camel spider dropped out. I shit bricks, mortar, and the entire mixer.

I've seen these in my house and they're creepy as fuck. I killed them both, but they're fast as shit!

I wish i never looked in this thread. I'm going to be in the fetal position all night long now.

Oh. and when I was living in my old apartment, I had a pretty vivid nightmare of my place being COVERED in spider webs and eggsacs and all that shit, when I wake up, I look down at the corner of my floor next to the wall, and there's a goddamn spider with an eggsac. Needless to say I prevented a very dark future from coming to pass.

[QUOTE=Kegan;36279542]Oh. and when I was living in my old apartment, I had a pretty vivid nightmare of my place being COVERED in spider webs and eggsacs and all that shit, when I wake up, I look down at the corner of my floor next to the wall, and there's a goddamn spider with an eggsac. Needless to say I prevented a very dark future from coming to pass.[/QUOTE] Your dreams, they're trying to tell you something!

[QUOTE=jbthekid;36279555]Your dreams, they're trying to tell you something![/QUOTE] Yeah and I killed the sweet ever loving shit out of that spider for it too.

[QUOTE=Kegan;36279601]Yeah and I killed the sweet ever loving shit out of that spider for it too.[/QUOTE] Gooooood, gooooood!

[QUOTE=bradley;36276608][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fum4Ps54Eyk[/media][/QUOTE] [IMG]http://moesucks.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/colbert2.gif[/IMG]

Uh oh.

[QUOTE=Kegan;36279601]Yeah and I killed the sweet ever loving shit out of that spider for it too.[/QUOTE]You shouldn't have done that, it's exactly what they wanted you to do. In ten weeks your nightmare shall come true. I would start running.

[IMG]http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/centipede.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;36279642]You shouldn't have done that, it's exactly what they wanted you to do. In ten weeks your nightmare shall come true. I would start running.[/QUOTE] I'm not worried. it happened last year, and besides I just stuck what was left of the spider on a toothpick outside my front door, that way all other spiders now how hardcore I am :v: Edit: There was also the time I threw my sweater on and got the back of my neck stung by some fucking small red dragonfly looking insect. Goddamn bugs :c

Some cockroach thing, I panicked , got a kitchen knife and hacked it in half, all of the legs started moving and I got so fucking scared, I just kept chopping it until it stopped. Not pleasant

One time a Gnat went up my nose and got stuck in there. Worst thing about that was that I could feel it moving. I promptly smacked myself then picked my nose vigorously, then it got stuck under my finger nail and ran away.

FUCKING HUNTSMANS. JESUS FUCKING CHRIST. FUCK THIS SHIT, FUCK AUSTRALIA, I'M MOVING TO FUCKING CANADA.

After reading this thread I think I'm going to stay in Ireland where the worst we have are earwigs

I had a REALLY close call once. I was sitting at my desk on my computer (I was barefoot), and I just barely perceive something irritating/touching my toe. I feel a bit concerned, knowing that it could very well be a bug. So with the discipline of a thousand zen-masters I slowly bring my foot out from under my desk into view, expecting to see maybe a house fly or something. Nope. It's a big fucking wasp, chilling right on my big toe. I freeze in sheer terror, and my mind starts racing through all possible scenarios to get this fucking thing off of me RIGHT NOW. I decide on a plan, and I slowly in my head count "three...two...one...NOW!" And I whip my foot in one direction, sending the wasp off before it can sting me, and I jump up out and away from my desk. Before I can even think about what is happening, I've grabbed a nearby blunt object and pummeled the shit out of that wasp. It was a while before I could feel comfortable with putting my feet out of sight underneath my desk.

A couple of times I've had one of these prehistoric looking fuckers roaming around my bedroom floor, to this day I haven't been able to find out what they were other than terrifying. The closest insect I've been able to find would be some sort of weta, but they're not quite as bizarre. [img]http://oldintranet.puhinui.school.nz/Topics/Insects/TheWeta/images/drawnWeta.jpg[/img] Looked like a mutant version of this I guess. I couldn't tell which end was the head, I just had to ASSUME based on the direction it was going [img]http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n78/GriffieF/Emoticons/emot-byodood.gif[/img]

[QUOTE=bradley;36276608]So this happens a little while ago [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fum4Ps54Eyk[/media] At first this thing frightened the pants off of me, but then I realized (after looking up "How to kill a spider-caterpillar hybrid monster") that it was a common House Centipede, and left it be. I'm about to go take it in a plastic cup and set it in my back yard. What's the scariest insect you guys have ever run into?[/QUOTE] I've lived with House Centipedes a while and there are a few things you should know 1.They can grow to the length of your palm, I've seen one first hand 2. At that size, they can take down [B]goddamn mice[/B] 3. They are fast as fuck and dwell in dark areas, darting from hiding spot to hiding spot 4. You can smash them, cut them, w/e, and they will still keep goin as long as their head is intact 5. Only slight weakness is that they work alone Take care, friend.

Fucking Wasps. [thumb]http://i.pbase.com/o4/03/391303/1/60083264.ph_7913WaspFace800.jpg[/thumb] Look at this crazy motherfucker. [thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Waspstinger1658-2.jpg[/thumb] Jesus Christ.