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Hi there

In Cincinnati, OH USA I was cleaning and took off a painting on the wall to clean and only to my amazment saw what looked exactly like 2 centipedes ... about 3-4 inches long... only they had like exotic blue and green feather like things extended from the sides of their bodies. The blue and green "feathers" were extended about 1-2 inches sideways.

I've never seen anything like it in this world. And "know it all" people never heard of it that I've asked.

THEN I never saw them again... they were too beautiful to kill... BUT all of a sudden I start discovering mass amount of house centipedes all over the house!

I am TERRIABLY phobic of these centipedes. And they are everywhere on 4 floors of this house..... this house I'm moving back to soon for a couple months.

I heard there's no way to rid of them with chemicals ect.... is this true?

I heard they bite and is very painful and I'm not only concerned for myself and others... but my cat too to whom "pats" them and plays with them when she sees one.

My mom has never seen one..... I see them all the time.

But I've woken up with some on my blanket right in front of my face... BIG ones.... and some right next to me while awake...

Any advice? And any clue what that feather thing is?

Thanks

Check out this link and see the second picture down:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_centipede

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:House_Centipede.jpg

Anything like that? That's all I can imagine you've seen. They are predatory and eat other insects in the house.

thanks for your reply

yeah... that's the house centipedes that are there.... but didn't see any pics of the blue feathers it had.... if it was a centipede or not? looked exactly like one.

it was out of this world looking.

and no i wasn't on drugs or anything like that.

it was like a toss between a centipede and a butterfly perhaps.

it was kind of like peacock feathers, but not of that design.

and i'm absolutely positive it was attatched to their bodies.... again... only saw 2 of them and never again since.... only the house centipedes.

they are truely beautiful. i watched them for about a min or two.... they moved exactly like house centipedes. they stayed on the wall. i went downstairs and then they were gone.