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16. Have a bad story about centepiedes. My cousin was bitten by a centepiede

Reply to D23MIURG23 (Reply #14)

Fri Aug 10, 2018, 05:07 PM

Aug 2018

in a motel. She had an allergic reaction. By the time she got back from her vacation several days later, her organs were shutting down. She is an ICU nurse and knew that her symptoms were severe. She was on life support for several days. She spent several days in (her own employer's) ICU. She spent many days on a wound vac in a rehab hospital. After 6 months, she was able to go back to work. She still has issues...

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Should I kill spiders in my home? An entomologist explains why not to. [View all] Cattledog Aug 2018 OP

I leave them alone, but my cats sometimes eat them. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #1

I kill them, one of those bastards left a hole in my back. JuJuYoshida Aug 2018 #2

I usually leave them alone hibbing Aug 2018 #3

I just "evict" them from the premises.. whathehell Aug 2018 #4

taking spiders back outside Brainstormy Aug 2018 #5

And they leave spider dung and pee everywhere. Lint Head Aug 2018 #6

I have the lower 5' of the room and they have the top. They live if they stay out of my space. GemDigger Aug 2018 #7

I rarely kill them. We do have some bad ones like brown recluses that sinkingfeeling Aug 2018 #8

i relocate them outside samnsara Aug 2018 #9

Gee, I don't know. TomSlick Aug 2018 #10

I often put them outside if I can... 3catwoman3 Aug 2018 #11

That's what we do here in our home in North GA. Same thing with wasps, bees, other japple Aug 2018 #15

I do that, too! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2018 #18

I also rescue worms from th e driveway and sidewalks... 3catwoman3 Aug 2018 #19

I have done that, though I don't do much outside Rhiannon12866 Aug 2018 #20

I get black widow spiders in my house. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2018 #12

yep, red hour glass squash time nt msongs Aug 2018 #13

I held this view until I had an apartment with a centipede problem. D23MIURG23 Aug 2018 #14

Have a bad story about centepiedes. My cousin was bitten by a centepiede japple Aug 2018 #16

That's awful. D23MIURG23 Aug 2018 #17