On The List

So I am adding a new creepy crawly to the list I now have of New Mexican bugs that I hate. It's this guy...

It's called a tiger striped centipede or the common desert centipede.

We have seen these around outside the house lately and they FREAK me out. Mainly because they are the biggest bugs that I have ever seen outside a museum! I mean look at that sucker!!! That one was at the bottom of the pool. Chet was working on the filters and I wasn't in my swim suit so brave little Liv got the net and got it out. We put it in a baggie and she took it to school the next day to show her class. They thought it was pretty cool.

This morning I went out front to let the dog and cat out and found one trying to get in the house. Fortunately he didn't make it very far because we have some serious bug poison sprayed around the house to keep the roaches out. So here he is writhing in pain, dying...

I do feel bad that he died because I don't think it is necessary to kill them unless they are going to kill me but I didn't find him until he had gotten to the poison. On the plus side, the poison is keeping the bugs out. Yay!