this post was submitted on 22 Mar 2024
735 points (98.5% liked)

Science Memes

11189 readers
2280 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.

Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.

Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
735
legs to die for (mander.xyz)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
98 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

According to a random comment I saw once, these things will happily eat each other if there's no other bugs to eat. So basically yes.... unless your house has a continuous influx of new bugs.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

This is also why they aren't actually great at pest control. They are pretty territorial so their populations never get big enough to make a serious dent. It's perfectly fine to kill them.