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Centipedes & Millipedes

Many legs, many legends. Some venomous, some explosive.

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An Amazonian giant centipede (Scolopendra gigantea) on a forest floor, segmented dark-red body with bright yellow legs.
Outlaw
Six Legs82
Alias
Scolopendra gigantea

Amazonian Giant Centipede

Largest centipede on Earth. Hangs from cave ceilings to ambush bats mid-flight.

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A giant African millipede (Archispirostreptus gigas), long cylindrical glossy black body with hundreds of small legs.
Curious
Six Legs73
Alias
Archispirostreptus gigas

Giant African Millipede

Largest millipede on Earth — 38 cm. 256 legs. Releases cyanide when annoyed.

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A garden symphylan (Scutigerella immaculata), tiny white-translucent 12-legged centipede-like arthropod with long thread-like antennae and no eyes, top view.
Curious
Six Legs83
Alias
Scutigerella immaculata

Garden Symphylan

Tiny white 12-legged 'pseudocentipede'. Separate ancient arthropod class. Major NA vegetable seedling pest.

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A pill millipede (Glomeris marginata), dark brown-to-black segmented millipede with bright yellow-cream margins on each body segment, rolled into a defensive ball.
Curious
Six Legs75
Alias
Glomeris marginata

Pill Millipede

Rolls into an armored ball — same trick as pillbugs, but completely independently evolved.

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A house centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata), elongated yellowish-gray body with 15 pairs of extraordinarily long thin legs splayed out from the body.
Beneficial
Six Legs88
Alias
Scutigera coleoptrata

House Centipede

The bathroom centipede everyone has screamed at. Eats cockroaches and bed bugs. Not actually an insect.

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