I need help identifying a bug?

Question

about 2 inches long, LOTS of legs (maybe 50 total?), dark in colour, brown or black, and counting the legs an inch or so wide.

It doesn't look like a centi/millpede. I'd have a picture, but the thing ran a little too fast after a dose of bug spray and is hiding under my couch :( (Where I hope it stays!!!)

I live in upstate New York, if the climate is needed.

Answer 1

Check out -

http://www.insectimages.org/

http://greennature.com/article1899.html

http://www.einsteins-emporium.com/life/a...

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/

Answer 2

the mouth parts of most of the bugs are backwardly directed,

and they are modified into needles, or a tube enclosing them, for sucking the sap.

Answer 3

probably just some random beetle.

no problem.

dark colors usually aren't bad

but bright varied colors can mean its poisonous

Answer 4

Not a direct answer but if you look up user Gary Oster and IM him he's very good at this sort of question.

Answer 5

Sounds like a common house centipede.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_centi...