House centipedes give me the WILLIES, but I do realize how they are ecologically my friends. I think they get a new pair of legs every time they molt or something, and I've just never been good with small creatures that have too many legs. They are pretty gnarly looking and I am a bit too squeamish to just leave 'em running around. I try to at least shoo them outside with a broom.
The DE is not working so well on my crickets anymore. I got that powder *everywhere* and they just jump over the DE barrier I made and come right into the shower with me. I don't know what it is about the shower, but I always check every corner of it before I get in and TWICE this week I had a cricket jump in with me and try to climb up my leg to avoid getting washed down the drain. WTF. I mean, I know they like moist environments where mold is likely to grow, but why are they so dumb that they jump into the running water of the shower and then panic?
I have been feeling phantom cricket legs on the top of my foot since then.
Time for me to order some of those nifty glue traps and end this madness once and for all.