GOOD BUG!
…that is… if you don’t mind sharing your home with them…
BAD BUG!
…if these freak you out too much and they eat too many “good bugs”
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WARNING!
IF YOU ARE SQUIMISH ABOUT LOOKING A PICTURES OF FREAKY LOOKING INSECTS, DO NOT SCROLL DOWN!
IF YOU CAN HANDLE IT, CONTINUE 
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The House Centipede is an insectivore; it kills and feeds on spiders, bedbugs, termites, cockroaches, silverfish, ants, and other household arthropods. They administer venom through modified legs by stinging/biting their prey. Technically, yes, they are a house bug but I have seen them hiding under rocks along the stone foundation by our garden enough to find them worthy of a post.
House Centipedes can live its entire life inside a building, usually the ground levels of homes and they LOVE damp basements. They are generally considered harmless to humans. Bites (stings) are not common. Stings are generally no worse than a bee’s sting, with its venom causing redness and mild to severe swelling.
I can vouch for the mild side effects of their bites/stings because I had the unfortunate opportunity of getting bit by one on my neck… in my sleep… yeah…
I woke up to a mildly swollen, red, itchy neck and saw a tiny puncture mark… yeah…
After I got over freaking out at the fact that one of these things was crawling on me in my sleep, the final assessment was that the side effects were not all that bad. I probably swatted at it in my sleep and it tried to defend itself…
On a side note, I am very happy to say our bedroom is now upstairs (far from where they like to hang out) and there are no more constructions holes in the ceiling of our bedroom RIGHT over our bed that they can fall through (which is pretty much what happened).
SO! Technically, house centipedes are good at ridding your house of other insect pests but you can be the judge as to whether it is worth it. Around the garden they can probably prove to be pretty useful as well to help get rid of pests… but they may want to eat some of the “good bugs” as well…
I’ll let you make the call if you think they are good or bad and if you want to keep them around.
As for myself, I keep them around just for the entertainment of watching our 100lb, ungraceful dog try to chase them as they dart across the floor.
Happy Pest Controlling! 
I have these in my basement, along with camel crickets. They all freak me out. It’s like Alien v. Predator down there.
lol – seriously, they are some freaky looking bugs!Camel crickets? Oh geez… I haven’t seen any of those yet! :p