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!

Creepy Crawlies

For some reason my sister, Lindsay, and I were talking about the gross bugs we have here in New Mexico that we didn't have in Utah. Now, I've never been one of those people that are grossed out by bugs. As long as they leave me alone and aren't in my house they are fine. But since we moved here I have come to hate 2 types of bugs. The American cockroach and  house centipede. They are sooooooo gross and sufficiently creep me out!

When we first moved into this house we had quite a roach problem because the previous owner hadn't used or cleaned the pool in 2 years! It was like a swamp, seriously. So the roaches thought it was the perfect place to hang out. Well 3 months later after emptying and cleaning the pool, spraying the house and setting out a dozen roach traps they are mostly gone. We still get the occasional roach that sneaks in somehow but I quickly trap it under a glass and wait for Chet to get home to dispose of it. :)

Just looking at this picture gives me the heebie jeebies!!!

The centipedes aren't as big of a problem but they do occasionally get in the house and hang ominously on the walls. They get pretty big too. We found one in the hall bathroom onetime that was about 3 inches long! I was actually on the phone with Lindsay when I found that one and I started screaming! I still shudder thinking about it.

Uuuuugggghhh! (shudder) Just look at all those legs!!!

I am now totally grossed out so I will stop blogging now. I think I'll go wash my hands or something. (shudder again)