House centipedes typically have 15 legs and can travel 1.3 feet-per-second, which explains why catching one of these centipedes in house is nearly impossible. The typical response to a house ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The house centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) originated in southern Europe and the Mediterranean. Introduced to the United States and Mexico a few hundred years ago, it has ...

The pests with seemingly countless legs are as scary-looking as they are quick. Here's the vital step you should take after finding centipedes in your sink.

Here’s what Crawley says: Centipede: The usual pest species encountered by humans is the house centipede which is grayish yellow and has 15 pairs of legs as an adult.

When it comes to banishing fruit flies, these simple DIY and store-bought methods are quick and painless. Well, for you, anyway!

Centipedes! I’ve seen them creeping around my house ever since I moved to Wood-Ridge in 1998. Do they bother me? Not really. Through the years, in the various houses and apartments I’ve ...

A young woman has spoken of her shock after finding a venomous centipede in her flat. Orlaith Armour said she spotted the "strange creature" on her kitchen wall after she returned from a late ...

Centipedes eat spiders and flies, but silverfish insects and millipedes are pests you probably want out of your home. How to get rid of them.

While house centipedes grow naturally in any damp basement, they are tough to raise in a lab. It certainly takes more patience than those laboratory darlings, the fruit flies.

Centipedes may be creepy looking, but you may want to think twice before squishing that bug to bits. There’s nothing more terrifying than watching a house centipede shoot across your floor and ...