1.2k
u/Stryker_T Apr 29 '26
that's so good, it gave me the heebie-jeebies
104
u/jkoz226 Apr 29 '26
I literally just sent this to my mom saying Lego Heebie jeebies, cannot concur more
10
→ More replies (3)25
1.4k
u/AtomicToxin Apr 29 '26
Thanks.. I hate it
99
Apr 29 '26
[removed] — view removed comment
50
u/kittenstixx Dreamzzz Fan Apr 30 '26
My wife had a pretty traumatic experience with one during the time she was pumping for our son. It was 3 in the morning, she had literally just finished and set the bottle down, immediately after, one dropped from the ceiling landing inside. Hell of a shot, and completely devastated her.
Since she stamps them out where she finds them, but she's cool with spiders so that makes up for it.
Honestly I don't blame her.
36
Apr 30 '26
[removed] — view removed comment
34
u/Assassin4Hire13 Apr 30 '26
Lmao cat was like “mmm yeah that’s not my problem chief I’m mammal pest disposal only”
Of my two cats, one regularly murderhobos spiders while the other just watches them skitter across the room. And naturally, the one that watches spiders murderhobos mice while the spider killer sits there confused as to what the hell is going on
15
u/Nymeria2018 Apr 30 '26
As creepy as they are, house centipedes aren’t actually pests! Th try do take care of actual pests though. They’re good to have around though if you see too many, you may want to see what they are feasting on to proliferate so well.
Eve knowing this, I still shriek like banshee every time I see one and jump on to the couch or counter. Freaky little housemates.
→ More replies (3)→ More replies (3)10
67
42
31
u/notworkingghost Architecture Fan Apr 29 '26
Yep. So good I don’t want it in my house.
36
Apr 29 '26
[removed] — view removed comment
22
u/adamroberthell Apr 30 '26
This needs to be a top comment. I’d rather live in a house with a few of these guys (you’ll never see more than a few, as they’re fiercely territorial and cannibalistic to boot) and a bunch of spiders all doing free pest control than the alternative!
→ More replies (4)→ More replies (2)12
u/oyog Apr 30 '26
They're supposedly very good at controlling roach populations. They're also a useful indicator for if your residence has an insect infestation as they'll move on if their food source runs out.
→ More replies (3)→ More replies (6)5
259
144
u/Samuel_Edwards1 Apr 29 '26
the leg articulation is genuinely impressive and I wish I didn't notice that
171
u/Higanbana_- Apr 29 '26
The hero that we dont deserve. We judge this bro by the looks but they take care of every single pest in our homes. House centipedes are true bros.
40
u/cooscoos89898 Apr 29 '26
I had never seen one of these fuckers until I moved into my new place a few years ago and they enjoy our garage. They make it into the living room more than we would like but we just shoo them out of sight and leave them at the mercy of the cats.
We also compared them to the pokemon Anorith and that made it a little easier to ‘like’ them, and that’s coming from someone who, generally speaking, does enjoy creepy crawlies lmao.
→ More replies (1)33
u/Higanbana_- Apr 29 '26
When i realized that they absolutely destroy the shit out of cockroaches i developed an instant sympathy for them. As someone who enjoys creepy crawlies, cockroaches are my biggest nightmare and seeing either a house centipede or a huntsman fuck them up is a sight to behold.
75
u/Lambdaleth Apr 29 '26
They are such bros. Very scary, surprisingly fragile bros.
59
5
u/psbales Apr 29 '26
I’ll occasionally see one skitter away during a nighttime bathroom run. I let ‘em be - they can monch all the other nasty bugs they want.
21
20
u/Shoddy_Chard4463 Apr 29 '26
this is so cool. these little critters are so beneficial. most people don't even realize they have them because they are very nocturnal. you can thank them for not having roaches in your home
→ More replies (1)6
15
30
u/IridescentShadow117 Apr 29 '26
House centipedes are awesome. They eat all the bad bugs and spiders in the house. I leave them alone, they leave me alone and they leave my house pest free. I have one in the living room, it comes out every night when I'm watching TV, does a lap around the room on the ceiling and goes back into hiding.
Also love your build.
22
14
13
10
u/Mr-Chewy-Biteums Apr 29 '26
This is excellent, nice work.
Like most other humans, I was very creeped out by these guys the first few (dozen) times I saw them. I am not squeamish about bugs, but something about the way they move is unnerving.
I consider it to be one of the successes I can list for my life that I have learned to not be freaked out by house centipedes. I try to make a deal with them where if they stay out of the main part of the house, they can hang out in the basement as much as they want. They usually keep their end of the bargain.
Thank you
8
u/Lambdaleth Apr 29 '26
Thank you!
They used to really, really scare me. I was able to get over my fear of spiders through photography, and I'd love to observe more house centipedes to get over my fear of them as well, but I don't see them all that often. That said, I'm only just scared of them now haha.
It's unfortunate because when they do show up in places I don't want them to be, I try to gently relocate them with a cup and some cardboard, but one of their defense mechanisms is to shoot their own legs off, so by the time I get them outside or to the garage, they only have a couple left TT_TT
3
u/Skewwwagon Apr 30 '26
I could never catch them because they run with like a fucking speed of light. They also scare me so much I genuinely can't sleep until I get rid of it even knowing they are useful and harmless to humans. The minute I tried to cup it it just springs across the wall so fast there's no chance to get it. Other one just saw me with a cup croaching and plain fallen behind my bed headboard. That made it easier lol
I end up killing them, unfortunately, cos I literally can't sleep.
33
u/I-love-seahorses Apr 29 '26
So sad everyone terrified of a harmless insect. Just makes me realize that billions of beneficial insects have been killed because humans are scared of teeny tiny things that literally can't hurt them if they wanted.
24
u/jprakes Apr 29 '26
Technically, they CAN bite humans, so they aren't necessarily harmless. But they are incredibly beneficial insects to have in your home. I do my best to leave them alone when i find them in my home
→ More replies (8)13
u/flyinggazelletg Apr 29 '26
Ik I’m gonna sound a bit pedantic, and I love a good house centipede, but they are not insects. Rather, centipedes are myriapods, along with millipedes. A lobster is more closely related to an insect than a centipede is :)
→ More replies (1)3
u/I-love-seahorses Apr 29 '26
Please more of this. Man I wouldn't have been surprised if you'd said they were crabs. 😂
6
u/flyinggazelletg Apr 29 '26
What if I told you that all insects are basically highly derived crustaceans? So any six legged critter you see on land evolved from a group of crustaceans that traded the sea for land… over 500,000,000 years ago. Clearly not useful colloquially to call insects crustaceans, given their own distinct lineage and insane diversity, but I still think it’s neat. The only other group of crustaceans to have a broad a distribution across the continents are isopods in the form of your classic woodlice/pillbugs/roly-polies.
→ More replies (2)10
u/imathrowyaaway Apr 29 '26
except you can actually hear them running around at night. like when I left a plastic bag on the floor and heard the rustling in the dark.
they’ll also climb in your bed, on your pillow, etc.
in short, thank you very much, I’ll take my house without centipedes. if you enjoy this, to each their own.
→ More replies (1)5
10
u/Stryker_T Apr 29 '26
Knowing it’s beneficial doesn’t mean it still doesn’t give me the willies or that I’ll do something to it lol
→ More replies (6)
13
u/Ok-Relationship-2746 Apr 29 '26
Still waiting for Lego to release a hyper-detailed Insect series.
11
u/Lambdaleth Apr 29 '26
I really liked the Ideas Insects set, though I would love to see them tackle more Arachnids like that. Though the latest iteration of Aragog is probably the most realistic spider I've ever seen Lego make.
6
8
12
u/ZayaJames Apr 29 '26
Just a friendly little house duster, here to kill the worse pests like cockroaches and silverfish
6
u/TastyAd1197 Apr 29 '26
You wont believe me but I shit you not as soon as I saw this post I saw one crawling on my arm
→ More replies (2)
6
25
u/NeonLocustX83 Apr 29 '26
Very clean build, now burn it, along with the house. I saw one in a mug during my grade school years. Thanks for reminding me.
6
5
u/Padlock2232 Apr 29 '26
extremely cool, now on to scratching every itch i get for the next three days
8
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
u/Orion_Talon Apr 29 '26
Legit jumped when I saw this... you little bastard...
Creative build though!
4
3
u/CTRexPope Verified Blue Stud Member Apr 29 '26
I want to make 20 and throw them around the house. You think my family will kill me?
4
3
u/marxistdictator Apr 29 '26
I wonder how well this would terrify the hell out of bugs, like a scarecrow.
3
3
u/BlueSkyla Apr 29 '26
The crazy thing is I was just mentioning the house centipede I found one time. Looked pretty much just like this!
3
3
3
u/JadeTheCatYT Chima Fan Apr 29 '26
YO! I see these guys in my room all the time!
Awesome build, man!
3
3
3
3
u/Goatcheeze1 Re-release Classic Space! Apr 29 '26
Hell no! I work remotely and my office is in my (finished) basement. I see these creatures scurrying around all the time. I know they are beneficial but they are still creepy looking.
3
3
3
3
3
u/SomethingWetAndMoist Apr 29 '26
Is friend, just not friend shaped.
Very helpful critters that are a good sign, they'll leave you alone and eat any other bugs in your house, so live and let live if you see one of these in your home.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
u/Syrain Apr 29 '26
My grandma called these Willie worms, because they scared the Willie’s outta her.
3
u/MolaMolaMania Apr 29 '26
Eliminating such a fearsome beast requires state-of-the-art bang bang. I submit the E.O.N. for your insect extirpation needs!
3
u/Firm-Strawberry5107 Apr 29 '26
I love these guys, everytime I see one I know they're doing the lords work by eating pests
3
3
u/Project_Wild Apr 29 '26
I legit thought this was real before I zoomed in and saw the subreddit. Amazing!
3
3
3
3
3
u/gatsome Spider-Man Fan Apr 30 '26
You were so preoccupied with whether or not you could that you never stopped to think about whether or not you should.
3
3
3
3
u/JDplanes Apr 30 '26
Nonononononononono omg that’s incredibly good but also please never build these in bulk and hide them around your neighbourhood
3
4
5
5
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
u/flyinggazelletg Apr 29 '26
Incredible work! Our brave natural pest control deserves some love in the form of a Lego set ;)
2
2
u/eulersidentity1 Apr 29 '26
Impressive work! Insect body forms are hard enough to do out of something like lego let alone something this sparse!
2
2
2
2
u/Dear-Routine7468 Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
Make a bunch of these and put them around your friends house when they're not looking.
2
u/mistral_99 Apr 29 '26
Thanks, I hate it.
Great job though, couldn’t tell what sub this was in to begin with.
2
2
2
u/spankleberry Apr 29 '26
Which is worse, stepping barefoot on this one of on the real thing? And just like the real thing, I recognize that's great, but I hate it.
2
u/Flamin_Gamer Apr 29 '26
The second I saw this point I said in my best mike wazowski voice “put that thing back where it came from or so help me”
→ More replies (1)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
u/Klarbb Apr 30 '26
One time I cut one in half with scissors and each half scurried off in opposite directions at mach fuck. I then proceeded to burn the house down.
→ More replies (1)
2
u/Either_Row3088 Apr 30 '26
Love them, still do not care to see them. They can hang out and kill all the bugs they want. My daughter freaked out. I said oh these guys are cool. Adjusted the humidifier a bit and no more on the walls.
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
u/highflyingbison550 Apr 30 '26
From the thumbnail, thought it was a picture of a real one till I opened it and realized what sub this was. Very nice!
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
u/The_Arachnoshaman Apr 30 '26
I'm pretty tolerant to spiders in my apartment, I keep tarantulas, but house centipedes freak me right the fuck out so they are kill on sight.
→ More replies (2)
2
u/UwU-Lemon Apr 30 '26
i hate these things, but i can't kill them cuz they eat smaller pests and mostly stay away from people.
2
u/jmaclondon Apr 30 '26
In our house we call them fast movers and leave them for the cat to dispatch
2
u/Warcraft_Fan Apr 30 '26
From the thumbnail, I thought it was a real centipede before I noticed it was posted in LEGO sub. Very impressive work!!
2
2
2
2
2
u/equalskills Apr 30 '26
I would love this as a set! I would glue it together so I could stick it to my wall a decoration of sorts
2
u/HonestEagle98 Apr 30 '26
Crush it! Oh wait.. LEGO.
Once I was watching tv and my foot tickled for some reason. Looked down to see a centipede or millipede crawling away. I can’t describe my reaction
2
2
2
2
2
2
u/ProjectSunlight Apr 30 '26
I moved some boxes in the basement and one of these things leapt from the shadows and landed on my shirt. I was certain I was about to be killed.
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
u/Specific_Channel4398 Apr 30 '26
Pior que essas são inofensivas e muito boas de se ter em casa se não me engana
2
u/Forgotmyaccount1979 Apr 30 '26
Bravo, and also such weird timing to see, one terrified my fiance this morning before I headed to work.
•
u/steve626 BRICKTATOR Apr 30 '26
The report button is not a meme.