where do they come from?

this morning i was in my room doing my business was kc yelled "Oh my God!" i ran to the top of the stairs and yelled, "what!" thinking she was watching Good Morning America and someone was bombed or something crazy happened. She responds with "there's a millipede!" so i run down the stairs thinking "great, what am i going to do about this!? i hope it isn't on the floor." so i said, where is it and she responded that it was in the sink - which made me happy - woohoo! just flush it down the drain. so luckily it was on the side with the garbage disposal, so i grabbed the sprayer, and shot that "house centipede" down the drain, then ran the disposal...then ran it a few more times for good measure.


ughghgh i hope that's the last of them...

the more i look at this picture, the less it scares me. maybe that is a good thing. granted when i googled this i almost threw up and when i clicked on this image it blew it up to like, full screen size [i have a big screen].
ick.


oh and my point was to find out where they come from or why they come in the house...
"The greatest likelihood of encountering them is in spring, when they come out because the weather gets warmer, and in fall, when the cooling weather forces them to find shelter in human habitats." [via wikipedia :)] "Because they eat household pests, house centipedes are considered among the most beneficial creatures that inhabit human dwellings." um....GROSS. "Techniques for eliminating centipedes from the home include drying up the areas where they thrive, eliminating large indoor insect populations, sealing cracks in the walls, getting a domestic cat..." see kc? benefits of kitties. :)