Occasional House Centipedes in old Homes

[Kurt Moeller]

I recently received a text note from one of my longer term tenants that the black bugs are back.  She sent over a picture of a house centipede that were able to catch and before I get into a conversation with her about it, I wanted to see if there is any required action on my part to remove them.

All in all, these are semi-standard house hold bugs, I have seen them when I lived in that building as well as up the street where I live now.  And they are harmless to people and actually only eat other bugs.  But they are definitely creepy and can make you jump when you occasionally see one in the spring or fall.  In my personal home, we eventually got a quarterly bug spray from Terminix (originally for an ant problem, but it took care of both).  I view it as a personal choice to get that for this kind of pest, but I want to make sure I understand my landlord responsibility before we discuss it.

Any experience with this conversation?