The only insects that I hate are those which suck my blood or are unreasonably agressive toward me. I will not hesitate to kill a mosquito or to crush a flea between my fingernails, but house centipedes test me on these self-imposed limits. Their grotesque body and movements fascinate me, but also give me a strong case of the goosebumps. The reason why I am so creeped out by these guys is that one of them crawled across my bare thigh about 2 years ago, and I can still remember that unpleasant sensation.
As I was preparing to take a shower, this thing shot out of the shadows and stopped in front of me. My first inpulse was to kill it, but I decided to guide it outside with a broom instead (with a can of insecticide close at hand in case things got ugly). This ugly bastard's body was about 2.5 inches long, but the antannae at each end (disgusting!) stretched it out to about 6 inches total. The way these things move is truly disturbing, evoking similar feeling to those I experience watching the bug-like creatures in Aliens try to face hump a victim and shove their ovipositor down the throat! Well, the shower has been running for 20 minutes now, so I guess I should stop acting like a wussy and just get it over with. I'm taking my spray can of DDT with me though.
Comments (2)
Tell me what it's like when you get bitten the first time.
http://groups.msn.com/VENOMOUSCREATURES/centipedebites.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=21
Posted by: J | June 2, 2004 11:13 PM
Posted on: June 2, 2004 23:13
Hey, remember your fascination with road killed animals and how you wanted photos for an album?...it began with a dead doe and ended right there....just too gross a reality. For some reason, the centipede reminds me of that twisted dead deer. Weird, huh? Wanna start a pressed bug album??
Posted by: yomama | June 6, 2004 9:31 AM
Posted on: June 6, 2004 09:31