Reduce humidity – repair leaks, ventilate rooms, use dehumidifiers.
Maintain cleanliness – vacuum regularly and remove excess clutter.
Humane relocation – capture the centipede in a jar and release it outside instead of killing it.
Useful against harmful insects
Not all “intruders” are dangerous. Ladybugs, praying mantises, a moderate number of spiders and centipedes are our allies. Their indiscriminate destruction often leads to a boom in real pests such as cockroaches, termites and bedbugs.
The environmental cost of pesticides
Excessive spraying leads to:
air and water pollution;
harm to non-target species (including pollinators and domestic animals);
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