High Exposure 5,676 Posted June 9, 2014 I've seen some that were so big they looked like they could shrug off a 158 gr .357 to the face. Thankfully they're allergic to boots. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
illy 1 Posted June 10, 2014 Doesn't look harmless to me.... J/K I actually have these in the basement as well. I usually only kill them if my wife sees one or if I run across an especially big one. Something like this would have been killed waaaaaaayyyyyy before it got this big: Wait for it..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mipafox 438 Posted June 10, 2014 They are called Thousand Leggers. Use Chinese Chalk to corral/control/kill them. Which, BTW, I just noticed is being sold at the counters of small chain discount stores in PA now. Don't tell the cops, they are buzz killers. It does kind of suck that they have to avoid labeling it for what it is, though. Unintended consequences of the blackish-grey market. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daveyboy42 0 Posted June 10, 2014 Not to be (too) pedantic, but that is not an insect. Insects always have three body parts and six legs. Spiders , ticks, mites, centipedes, etc are different classes of creepy-crawlies. True. Centipedes have segmented bodies and two legs per segment. Millipedes have four legs per segment. While insects have six legs and three body segments : head, thorax and abdomen. Both centipedes and insects are considered arthropods and posess exoskeletons instead of internal bone structure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueLineFish 615 Posted June 10, 2014 They are called Thousand Leggers. Use Chinese Chalk to corral/control/kill them. Which, BTW, I just noticed is being sold at the counters of small chain discount stores in PA now. Don't tell the cops, they are buzz killers. It does kind of suck that they have to avoid labeling it for what it is, though. Unintended consequences of the blackish-grey market. Thats because its highly toxic. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mipafox 438 Posted June 11, 2014 Thats because its highly toxic. No, it's not. It's no more toxic than the least toxic pesticide in your house. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ogfarmer 138 Posted June 11, 2014 says the one with a insecticide as a screen name Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfy 51 Posted June 11, 2014 No, it's not. It's no more toxic than the least toxic pesticide in your house. It was banned because of the lack of quality control from the Chinese. And the second reason was for the children because the gov. Was worried kids would mistake it for regular chalk and stick it in their mouth. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites