You are bound to cross paths with one type of centipede or another at any given time, since they inhabit most areas of the ...

Centipedes (Chilopoda) are arthropods with long, flat, segmented bodies. Each segment, except the last, sports a pair of legs. Centipedes come in many patterns and colors, though the most common is ...

The house centipede should be considered a beneficial organism as it feeds on spiders, insects and other small arthropods. There are only a few reports of this animal biting people, usually when ...

Centipede: The usual pest species encountered by humans is the house centipede which is grayish yellow and has 15 pairs of legs as an adult. They have poison jaws which they use to inject venom ...

Centipedes' geological record extends back to the Silurian, deep into the history of soil and litter animal assemblages ... centipedes and the phylogeny of the Scutigeromorpha (house centipedes) based ...

As with other venomous animals, such as snakes ... reputation because others in that group can hurt people. Eastern house centipedes are a poster child example of guilt by association.

Arthropods, just like spiders, giant centipedes use these tools to hunt prey — everything from crickets to snakes. But they also make for a juicy snack for other animals, forcing them to defend ...

"I had never seen anything like it before. After asking my co-workers, we figured out it was a house centipede," she said. Steve Gregory, who runs the British Myriapod and Isopod Group's recording ...