Centipedes & Millipedes
The house centipede is a translucent critter that moves very fast when you approach
it. I personally don’t kill these fellows when I see them around the house,
cause they kill and eat lots of other insects and spiders. They never invade the
food pantry or get into any food items so I consider them one of the good guys.
The Millipedes that come into your home are dark brown, very slow moving and normally like places where it is
damp, not wet, just damp. When the place where they are living, like under the
concrete driveway, walk or basement floor gets too wet, they either leave or
die. That’s why you sometimes find them in large numbers in the basement, garage
etc., they’re just trying to survive. Unfortunately for them, they don’t last
very long in a dry climates. In fact they usually die rather quickly when they get into the
basement or on top of the concrete because it is too dry for them.