The centipede's name stand for hundred legged. The centipedes have bodies that are composed of many segments.
Centipedes have a pair of legs on each segment.
The female puts a sticky fluid on the eggs and roll the eggs in the earth so the male won't eat the eggs. The young centipedes have six pairs of legs. Each time the centipedes shed their skin they have another pair of legs on each segment. In some species the centipedes can have 177 pairs of legs. They move quickly to kill their prey with poisonous fangs.