1. Centipedes/millipedes

2. Scorpions

3. Silverfish

These three fall under the category Nothing Should Be Simultaneously So Leggy, Crunchy, and Wet. The only centipedes and millipedes I’ve met were small enough to induce only disgust and not running away. I am happy to say that I have never yet met a scorpion, and I’d like to keep it that way.

Our house is full of silverfish. GROSS. I kill them with great glee. And nausea.

4. Earwigs

They pinch. It hurts. I found this out one year in Vermont, when there was an earwig infestation in the drains, and their response to the water in the shower drain was to come running up out of it and pinch one’s feet.

GROSS.

5. Tree roaches (aka Palmetto Bugs).

They fly. And they are horrible. Also, did I mention aggressive? And horrible? Oh, and half the size of my foot? Thankfully, they only come inside when it rains, but they are the one reason why I mind doing nighttime laundry doing the summer. They are in the garage all the time. And they are horrible.

GROSS.