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Description:: This is a group to educate others that House Centipedes (Scutigera coleoptrata) are your *friends*... and are beneficial to hearth and home.

Yes, they look freaky... and can and WILL startle you. However, House Centipedes act as a top-notch line of insect control... by eating all those creatures in your house that you hate most: flies, silverfish, termites, bedbugs, cockroaches, ants, etc.

House Centipedes themselves remain clean and harmless to we human beings... and are in fact a sign of a clean household.

The Japanese learned this a long time ago... and, even today, sell them in stores for the home.

I had a pet house-centipede named "Tybalt" for over a year... and didn't see ONE housefly in all that time. However, Tybalt started to get very bold and confident around me and started walking all over my clothes and furniture. I decided to relocate him outdoors.

In less than 24 hours, flies started popping up everywhere. I now want my Tybalt back and regret having moved him... and I no longer care if he likes walking on my clothes and furniture!

Hopefully you'll learn from my mistake, and you'll become friends with your House Centipedes... should you be fortunate enough to have them in your home!

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This is a group to educate others that House Centipedes (Scutigera coleoptrata) are your *friends*... and are beneficial to hearth and home.

Yes, they look freaky... and can and WILL startle you. However, House Centipedes act as a top-notch line of insect control... by eating all those creatures in your house that you hate most: flies, silverfish, termites, bedbugs, cockroaches, ants, etc.

House Centipedes themselves remain clean and harmless to we human beings... and are in fact a sign of... (read more)
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