House pests.

["couldbecousin"]

  Speaking of bugs, occasionally I see a centipede in the laundry room in my building.  I first saw one in 1999.
  I like to pretend it's the same one every time, which is unlikely ( they can live for three, five, even six years
  depending upon species, but not for 14 years I'm sure ), and whenever I see one I think,  "Centy!  You're still alive!" 

[conlang returns]

My spiders seem to really love the piles of paper and general junk I've got in here.  I'm considering destroying hteir habitat, and I feel a little guilty over that, but of course there have to be insects in there somewhere for them to survive. 

["couldbecousin"]

My spiders seem to really love the piles of paper and general junk I've got in here.  I'm considering destroying hteir habitat, and I feel a little guilty over that, but of course there have to be insects in there somewhere for them to survive.

  You know what else love paper, books, clothing, hair, dander, and a bunch of other stuff?  Silverfish! 

[conlang returns]

My spiders seem to really love the piles of paper and general junk I've got in here.  I'm considering destroying their habitat, and I feel a little guilty over that, but of course there have to be insects in there somewhere for them to survive.

  You know what else love paper, books, clothing, hair, dander, and a bunch of other stuff?  Silverfish! 

Yup, seen a few of those.  I looked 'em up, though, and they aren't a problem. 

["couldbecousin"]

My spiders seem to really love the piles of paper and general junk I've got in here.  I'm considering destroying their habitat, and I feel a little guilty over that, but of course there have to be insects in there somewhere for them to survive.

  You know what else love paper, books, clothing, hair, dander, and a bunch of other stuff?  Silverfish! 

Yup, seen a few of those.  I looked 'em up, though, and they aren't a problem.

  Unless they nibble on your books.  I saw a picture of a paperback nibbled by silverfish. 
  They're so tiny, they just ate a layer of color off the cover!  They're evasive and fast-moving, too! 

[TheoK]

I don't allow any creeps to nibble on my books! I'll kill them!

[conlang returns]

My spiders seem to really love the piles of paper and general junk I've got in here.  I'm considering destroying their habitat, and I feel a little guilty over that, but of course there have to be insects in there somewhere for them to survive.

  You know what else love paper, books, clothing, hair, dander, and a bunch of other stuff?  Silverfish! 

Yup, seen a few of those.  I looked 'em up, though, and they aren't a problem.

  Unless they nibble on your books.  I saw a picture of a paperback nibbled by silverfish. 
  They're so tiny, they just ate a layer of color off the cover!  They're evasive and fast-moving, too! 

Hmm, I guess I better pack up the mess afterall then. 

["couldbecousin"]

I don't allow any creeps to nibble on my books! I'll kill them!

  But what if they're clever, and wait till you're asleep? 

[TheoK]

I don't allow any creeps to nibble on my books! I'll kill them!

  But what if they're clever, and wait till you're asleep? 

I'll kill them in my sleep! Caesar would have done that!

["couldbecousin"]

I don't allow any creeps to nibble on my books! I'll kill them!

  But what if they're clever, and wait till you're asleep? 

I'll kill them in my sleep! Caesar would have done that!

  You'll probably just end up trashing your room.  The little pests will get away! 

[Lestat]

How big was the centipede? there are some pretty big buggers in the US.

Just don't ever try picking one up without a lot of protective gear, they are VERY fast, highly aggressive, and pack a hell of a painful bite. even tiny ones, especially the Scolopendra spp. will really let you know about it. I'd really hate to get nipped by the Scolopendras. One of them at least is known to have killed a child. And one of my natural history textbooks actually compares having to handle one to being more like wrestling a snake than insect.

As for the spiders around books I would leave them there. Spiders, with only 1-2 exceptions are ALL exclusive carnivores which will predate upon the little bugs that DO damage books.

["couldbecousin"]

  "Centy"  is only an inch or so long, but I respect his potential to sting, so I leave him alone. 

[renaeden]

I hate earwigs. I squash them whenever I see one.

And lately we have had a lot of small moths. They like to hang out in the toilet for some reason.

[Parts]

They have small lizards in Florida that are everywhere but they are not the problem they eat the problems.  They can get in under my mother's screen door and hang out near the light by the door and eat the bugs that fly up to it

['andersom']

I want a few of those.