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Unlike its shorter-legged but much larger tropical cousins, the house centipede can live its entire life inside a building. Because they eat household pests, house centipedes are considered among the most beneficial creatures that inhabit human dwellings, but because of their alarming appearance, frightening speed, and painful bite, few homeowners are willing to share a home with them.[citation needed] They do not cause damage to food or furniture.
The house centipede is capable of biting a human, but this seldom occurs. When it does, it is no worse than a minor bee sting. The worst one can usually expect from a house centipede's bite is some pain and a slight swelling at the location of the bite. The symptoms generally disappear within a few hours. However, the bite can cause health problems for those few who are allergic to the extremely mild venom of its bite, which is similar to that of most normal centipedes. The house centipede's venom is too weak to cause any serious harm to larger pets such as cats and dogs.
Techniques for eliminating centipedes from the home include drying up the areas where they could thrive, eliminating large indoor insect populations, sealing cracks in the walls, and seeking the assistance of an exterminator............House centipedes feed on spiders, bedbugs, termites, cockroaches, silverfish and other household pests. They kill their prey by injecting venom through their fangs and then eating the dead prey.
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