TO SEE IF THERE’S ANOTHER SYSTEM WITH SNOW MONDAY. LET’S HEAD TO GROW IT GREEN. >> WELCOME TO TODAY’S GROW IT GREEN. I AM JOINED VIRTUALLY BY RACHEL FROM UNH COOPERATIVE EXTENSION. WHEN IS AN INSECT NOT AN INSECT? I AM THINKING OF THESE CREATURES I HAVE BEEN NOTICING AROUND MY HOUSE THESE DAYS. >> WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE HOUSE CENTIPEDE TODAY, RAY. THEY ARE NOT INSECTS. THEY ARE IN THEIR OWN ORDER CALLED THE CENTIPEDES. WHAT THEY ARE IS MORE OF A NUISANCE PEST. THEY DO NOT DO DAMAGE. THEY ARE IN BASEMENTS NORMALLY AROUND WASHERS AND DRYERS. THEY LIKE TO FEED ON OTHER INSECTS IN THAT AREA. RAY: THE INDICATION MAY BE THAT I HAVE SOME PROBLEMS ASIDE FROM THEM GETTING IN MY HOME IN THE FIRST PLACE, RIGHT? THAT MAY BE AN INDICATION WE HAVE NOT SEALED TIGHTLY ENOUGH. RACHEL: THAT’S TRUE. THEY ARE NOCTURNAL, SO IF YOU ARE SEEING THEM, THEY MIGHT BE AN INDICATION YOU HAVE ANOTHER ISSUE, INSECTS IN YOUR BASEMENT OR WHERE YOU ARE FINDING THEM. THEY NORMALLY FEED ON FLIES AND SPIDERS AND OTHER ARTHROPODS, SO IT MIGHT BE IN YOUR BEST INTEREST TO LOOK AROUND IF YOU ARE SEEING THEM. RAY: WHEN YOU SEE THEM, THEY CAN LOOK RATHER INTIMIDATING, CAN’T THEY? RACHEL: THEY CAN. THEY ARE THREE TO FOUR INCHES IN LENGTH. THEY LOOK QUITE SCARY. A LOT OF PEOPLE GET A LITTLE FEARFUL WHEN THEY SEE THEM. SO -- RAY: WHAT ABOUT NOW IN TERMS OF ALSO WHERE THEY LIKE TO LIVE? AN INDICATION MAYBE I HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WITH DAMPNESS OR SOME PROBLEMS LIKE THAT? RACHEL: THEY LOOKED TO BE BENEATH CEMENT SLABS. YOU CAN FIND THEM IF YOU STORE A LOT OF CARDBOARD, THEY GET INTO THAT INTERFACE WHERE THE CARDBOARD IS SITTING ON THAT SLAB. THEY ARE FOUND IN FLOOR DRAINS, AROUND WATER TRAPS, THAT TYPE OF THING. SO ANY DAMP OR COOL LOCATION IS REALLY WHAT THEY THRIVE IN. YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE AREAS. RAY: WHAT ABOUT THEY -- YOU MENTIONED THEY EACH OTHER INSECTS, BUT THEY WILL EAT SOME BENEFICIAL ONES, TOO, RIGHT? RACHEL: THEY MAY DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN THERE. USUALLY IT IS FLIES AND SPIDERS. SPIDERS ARE ARACHNIDS AND THEY CAN ALSO DO REALLY GOOD INSECT CONTROL FOR YOU. RAY: BOTTOM LINE, YOU SEE THE HOUSE CENTIPEDE, DO NOT PANIC. IT IS BENEFICIAL