GRACE IS MY HERO

Well, we did have a problem. A big problem. Or rather, a problem that made up for its subjectively small size with its disproportionate amount of legs.

I was tackling that enormous pile of dishes in our sink this afternoon when suddenly something crawled out from under the muffin tins.

"Oh dear!" I exclaimed. "Grace, I do believe there is an insect of some sort in our sink!" Well, that's not what I actually said. But it's what I meant.

Well, anyway, your faithful reporter ran to her room--for my camera--while Grace swooped in and sliced the fiend in half. She even took pictures of it herself because I was still in my room, because I couldn't find my camera and I was searching for it. Behold:

Joe L. has identified it as Scutigera coleoptrata. He showed us the picture on Wikipedia. Thanks, Joe L.