Unidentified Bugs In My House

[Vox Humana]

I think that's a more rational approach than spraying a non-selective insecticide.

[Amy D]

Oh, and how could I forget the LEECH?? Yuck, we had 8 inches of rain in just a little over 24 hours last week. My son comes up and says, "Mom, loock at this cool slimy caterpillar...." OMG -- he had a leech on his finger. Of course he sensed my utter revulsion and then became terrified screaming, "Get it off, get it off!!"

amy

[Tom Miller]

What's the green stuff? It's the lobster's liver or more accurately, its digestive system. Although many people like to eat the "tomalley" it probably isn't a good idea because this is where pollution in the lobster's own meal choices would become concentrated in the lobster's body.

What's the red stuff? It's the roe, the unfertilized eggs of the female. Lobster eggs were once considered a delicacy, like caviar. The roe is also called "coral" because of its bright red color.

[indago]

040623 1912 - Tom Miller posted:

These message boards are great for getting all kinds of information like this.

[Julie P.]

Thanks Tom. I've had lobster before at restaurant, and never saw anything green. I think I must have cooked mine wrong. The green juices totally grossed me out though.

[BonnieJean]

It looks like a cross between a Centipede and a shrimp.

Bonnie in NJ

[PCOpug]

I worked in a restarant cut the lobster in half , butterflied it inside out, pinched out the guts, poured a little clarified butter on it, and under the broiler . If you threw the lobster in a large pot of boiling water and served it hole, then the customer should not eat that part.

[Don Klipstein]

Please put in a website or post to alt.binaries and post here a pointer (as in "go to alt.binaries and look for buggybug.jpg") rather than post a binary to a newsgroup where binary posting is frowned on...

Meanwhile, I did manage to receive it.

Different picture, same or similar enough bug. It is definitely a centipede, and I believe more specifically a "hose centipede", which has longer legs than the "field centipede".

You may have low web hits if you were looking for insects, since centipedes are not insects but myriapods (hope I spelled that one right).

All buggy things including leggy seafood with exoskeletons are in the phylum "arthropods". This includes these classes:

Insects - generally all have 6 legs (some in larval stage have additional and different "false legs") and most have wings when adults, while all other classes of arthropods lack wings and have 8 or more legs throughout their lives (barring amputation). Arachnids (spiders, mites, ticks, scorpions) Crustaceans (lobsters, crabs, shrimp, crayfish, sowbugs) Myriapods (centipedes and millipedes)

I doubt many pest control company websites mention non-insect arthropods or the arthropod phylum in general to the extent of mentioning things that many people consider seafood.

- Don Klipstein ( [e-mail])

[BigManRestless]

Sorry, my mistake.

[Dan O.]

Actually I think it is "house" centipede. See:

I'm glad you put me on the right track though as we have them too. One escaped my grip (actually escaped my squish) just last night! :(

Dan O.

[Julie P.]

thanks Don. what actually happened was I kept on seeing pics of the field centipede (outdoors centipede), which looks nothing like the house centipede.

As far as my problem since I first posted, I've killed a few more, but haven't seen any in the past few days. When I do find them though, they seem to be crawling on walls (near thresholds), which makes me scared now to reach around in a dark room to flick the light switch, or walk through a room in the dark, since I sometime brush up again the door frame or wall. Oh well, at least they seem to be declining.