Centipedes

People with Centipedes as their Spirit Animal

Crawly centipedes usually elicit shock and revulsion when they appear in one’s home, the woods, or some other place. They are found from deserts and Amazon forests to surge zones of seashores. Centipedes are not insects but belong to a large group of arthropods called the Myriapoda (having multiple segments and many paired legs) that also includes the millipedes. There are four classes within the Myriapoda, and their evolutionary relationships are only “hypothetical.”1 Meanwhile, the fo

centipedes - I hate these things,I see one occasionally in my basement,and if your quick enough to squish it,it bleeds purple! :-(

Millipede Centipede

An adult Haitian Giant Centipede from the northern Keys, Florida. This animal is part of a colony at Florida State University where we are studying the coevolutionary arms race between venomous predators and their prey.

Centipedes hide in every nook and corner of the earth, and feed on anything that they can get their fangs on. Unaware of a centipede's diet? Here is some information from AnimalSake about what they eat, which will be useful to you, if you intend to keep them in your house.