# What is this wormy thing I found in my house? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-wormy-thing-i-found-in-my-house/995051 "2023-12-23T17:36:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 15
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-wormy-thing-i-found-in-my-house/995051/15 "2023-12-23T18:25:44Z")
Millipedes like the OP showed are real common here in SoFL. You’ll find them patiently cruising along on the sidewalk and frequently find them inside your house as well. Usually curled up and desiccated, but sometimes still actively on the hoof. > [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > > [@Ruken](#): > > > > Millipedes I find almost cute. Centipedes have me reaching for the orbital nuke controls. > > I love insects in a way that most people find odd, and I’m co-signing this. Spiders, beetles, praying mantises, cicadas, cool. The first time I ever saw a house centipede it scared the everloving shit out of me. My immediate thought was, “That’s not from Earth.” I wouldn’t say “love” for me, but many of them are really interesting and non-revulsive. Except centipedes. Although I often comment that any such critter the size of a housecat or worse yet a rhinoceros would be serious nightmare fuel. e.g. a closeup pic of the face of a cute little ladybug is pretty horrific. One of those with a head the same size as yours would send most people, even bugophiles, scurrying out of the room, perhaps screaming along the way. This is probably the SDMB all-time record for off-putting creatures (with _three_ clicks required to actually see the monster; it’s that bad): > [@What animals would be more dangerous if enlarged?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-would-be-more-dangerous-if-enlarged/983050/27): > > Although some extant exoskeleton land critters get a bunch bigger than @Charlie_Tan’s mongo grasshopper. See here for some recent Doperish exoskeleton-equipped drama: > > > **Spoilered for potentially alarming visual once you actually go to the link. Expanding the spoiler is safe.** > > > > \ We caught an Amazonian Giant Centipede in our vacation house\ --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-wormy-thing-i-found-in-my-house/995051)._