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[Misterinenja]

Well one once fell on my backbag from the ceiling in a public toilet so I guess they can climb. Also, since you're Finnish too, I once googled advice on getting rid of them after finding a few on by bedroom floor and found a nice horror story from a Finn who had found hundreds of them on their kitchen floor after being away from home for a week. So look forward to that then!

And yeah I sometimes pour boiling water down the drains, haven't seen one in a long time luckily.

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Well I spent few nights at my folks for Christmas and the first time I saw one was the night I returned so I guess I'm better off not leaving the house ever again.

 

[miked808]

I punched that one with my fist and the only evidence left of it was some weird gray dust on my knuckles.

Lol, but so true.

 

[FStop7]

Silverchair?

 

[adamsappel]

Earwigs do no such thing, Gosling, you terrible actor.

Come on guys, that's a myth.

Time for my semi-annual earwig repost:

I SWEAR TO GOD THIS IS TRUE: I woke up one morning and had the most incredibly annoying tickling inside my ear. There was also a rustling noise that was very loud. I really thought I might be going insane. I asked my father to look inside my ear, and he shone a flashlight inside. "Oh my god, there's an insect in there!" The bug was attracted to the light and moved up and my dad was able to grab it with tweezers. It was an earwig. I think it was just a coincidence it was in my ear and they aren't named for any tendency to do so.

 

[rynvie]

 

 

[FOOTE]

These things make me want to puke. So incredibly gross.

 

[dbztrk]

I'll take those over mice.

 

[gogogow]

Grow a set, they're harmless.

They eat the shit out of your clothes, wallpapers etc. Not exactly harmless.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

horrid monsters that devour clothing at an alarming rate

if you see one in your house: there are 50 you don't see. hardest pest to get rid of without using illegal DDT based pesticides

-Moved out of a luxury condo after 2 months because they couldn't be gotten rid of.

 

[Kinyou]

Give them names. That will make everything easier

 

[Misterinenja]

horrid monsters that devour clothing at an alarming rate

if you see one in your house: there are 50 you don't see. hardest pest to get rid of without using illegal DDT based pesticides

-Moved out of a luxury condo after 2 months because they couldn't be gotten rid of.

 

[Sojgat]

In the end, all I had to do was recarpet my entire house.

 

[Deified Data]

Time for my semi-annual earwig repost:

You sure it was an earwig? They're repelled by light. You'd think your dad shining a light in your ear would make it burrow deeper.

 

[eudaemonic]

Live in Southern California and there hasn't been a house I know of that doesn't have these things. I'll kill um if I see them but I'm really relaxed about it.

The ones that piss me off more are these guys:

Mostly catch them in my bathroom creeping around on the floor like this.

 

[MattKeil]

I let most insects alone, or at least take them outside without killing them, but I have no mercy on silverfish. Fuckers eat book bindings.

 

[-KRS-]

They're everywhere I live in Finland...

WHAT?!

I was thinking I was safe from these seeing as how I live in Sweden and all...

Never seen anything like that in real life though. Yet...

Edit: Holy shit what the hell am I doing reading this thread?!

 

[Twilight Gap]

nope thread

I'll take those over mice.

that's what cats are for

 

[Vitten]

We had them as well. Apparenty they're more comon in newer homes because there's still a lot of residual moisture in the building's structure which they are attracted to.

You can buy simple glue traps that are quite effective.Placed a whole bunch of them where they were most frequent and boy, those traps got filled up fast ! Now we hardly see them anymore.

 

[adamsappel]

You sure it was an earwig? They're repelled by light. You'd think your dad shining a light in your ear would make it burrow deeper.

Yeah, it was an earwig. I don't think it could actually go any deeper inside my ear. Just one of those crazy coincidences.

 

[Hibachi]

Lol I don't know why OP but the thought of you punching one into dust made me laugh.

I don't really mind bugs as long as they're outside. I'll even go out of my way to not step on them if I can help it but my house is a different story. If I find them in my house, they're fair game to be annihilated with extreme prejudice.

I'd just bug bomb your whole apartment. Should kill all the bugs there and prevent new ones for a year or so (unless silver fish are immune to bug bombs or something).

 

[Wolf Akela]

that's what cats are for

 

[NJDEN]

Man I hate all insects, they just creep me out... Well not bumble bees, but that's about it...

I once waged a holy war on ants that were invading my home... we won through WWI styled tactics (poison, pyro-tactics, trench-warfare, ect)

 

[PirateKing]

Haaaaaaahaaaaa.

 

[akachan ningen]

silverfish-tan