Most centipedes are predaceous, feeding mainly on insects.
The centipedes, as a group, are considered beneficial. Centipedes are usually brownish, flattened, elongate animals, having many body segments with one pair of legs per segment. Centipedes are wormlike in form, with a distinct head that possesses a pair of antennae. The legs are conspicuous, numbering from 15 to 100 pairs. In spite of the large number of walking appendages, centipedes crawl very rapidly.