Can you identify this insect?

Question

I'm finding it indoors in my home during summer, here in Atlanta, Georgia.

They look similar to centipedes in that they're long and narrow, yet they don't appear to have legs that protrude like a centipede.

They're light to dark brown and about an inch long is the biggest I've seen. I tend to find most of them in the morning when I wake up so I guess they like to come out when it's dark.

The minute you touch them, they curl up into a spiral like they're playing dead.

Any idea what it might be?

Answer 1

It sounds like some sort of caterpillar.  Without a picture of one the only thing I could suggest is to look in a field guide or search the web for pictures of insects to compare with the bug you find in your house.  That business of curling up into a spiral is very common among insects like this.  Or you could take one to the county extention service and they could identify it for you.

Answer 2

maybe a silverfish?

Answer 3

must be some other kind of centipede...

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Answer 4

Might be a Millipede?  Alot of wormy things curl up when you poke'em... don't know.

Answer 5

I know exactly what it is but not by name..it is not a centipede or millipede..the insect you are talking about has more of an armor like appearance and harder outer side similar to the way a suit of armor is used..overlapping sections on thier shell..they are rounder  and smaller  and do not have a soft body like centi/millipedes which have a softer flatter body and longer legs..the ones you speak of are rounder and thier legs are real small..not elongated like the "pedes"..

Answer 6

centipede's are only the common ones which curl up.

i think they are a differenr variety of centipede, there are so many varieties.

Answer 7

maybe there millipedeas or slaters. or they could be some kind of larve from an insect

Answer 8

They're millipedes. I have really big ones in my house, they come in when I switch on the light before the sun comes up. And they're not insects, just creepy crawlies.

Answer 9

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