[RandallFlagg]

Ugh! I usually call the local exterminator to spray for less than $100.

[Stellar Dendrite]

Put your beebers on stun.

[RandallFlagg]

OH! And make sure that they have a guarantee that you're bug-free for a loooong time. And if you see any more, call them back and they should re-spray for free.

(I usually call them back even if I don't see any bugs)

[cripplecreek]

Just hope they're on your side.

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

Thank God you don't have the honkin big poisonous centipedes like the ones in the Virgin Islands.

[general_re]

You could just leave them alone - they'll eat any spiders, crickets, etc., that they come across, and thus keep down the population of other nasties. Of course, it doesn't sound like your wife is likely to think about it in those terms, so alternately, go to your local pest supply joint and ask for Borid - it's a powdered boric acid formulation that you squirt into crevices and under the baseboards and such, where they're likely to hide. That should do it, if you're unable to persuade the wife to go along with the Wild Kingdom approach ;)

[Nowhere Man]

I will welcome our great Centipede Overloads. All Hail the Cetnipede Overlords!!! B-)

Seriously, I don't really know what to do, but centipedes freak me out and millipedes are a lot worse. One of my buddies' father served as an M-60 gunner in Vietnam on a Huey. One time a foot long millipede crawled on him and he empted a belt into it from his M-60. Years later, at home, a millipede crawled on him while he was under the crawlspace under his him and he freaked. Millipedes are nasty and gross.

[Samwise]

I'm with your wife. I call the exterminator. I was happy to learn that they are not dangerous. That might help her too. Here is a link I found.

If someone else has some good tips, will you ping me? I hate the things, and they came back once.

http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/iiin/housece.html

[JennysCool]

For the Cemtipedes:

For the Wife:

[injin]

I 'combat' centipedes invading our house on a regular basis .
I find that Raid Fumigator bombs work well to but down a film that disables and even kills the 'Peeds for weeks , if not month afterwards. If there is a population of roaches , centipedes will follow them . It's nature ! They can sniff um out...Have a pair of long handle cooking thongs handy to pick them up with helps too. You don't want to let them get too close ! Then flush um ~~~~

[labette]

Answers:

1. Hire an exterminator. That way, it won't be YOUR fault the next time she sees one.
2. Keep her blindfolded, just in case.