Giant Centipede

The Giant Centipede is an underground arthropod mob that can burrow through the ground and pop out to attack the player. It is hostile and inflicts poison.
It can attack from above or out of the sides of caves unexpectedly, and even burrow into player homes if they are made from the right materials. Thankfully for the player, particles are kicked up by its impending approach, giving you a chance to get out of the way and avoid its lunge. If dug out of the ground by force, the giant centipede will charge towards the player and attack just like a spider. 
The giant centipede is vulnerable to the Bane of Arthropods enchantment and can be walled off by wooden materials, though this is a tradeoff as those can be set on fire. Alternatively, bricks, nether bricks, concrete, and materials from the End will block its tunneling, but these will not usually be available in the early game. Thankfully, the regional difficulty must increase to 4.5 before centipedes start spawning.
Though they can burrow through blocks, their spawning conditions are the same as most common hostile mobs - they will only spawn in dark areas, in air blocks on top of solid blocks. Centipedes do not spawn in solid walls, even though they can burrow into them. Because of this, if all caves and other underground areas in a region are well-lit, the player is safe from giant centipedes.
Giant centipedes will participate in Mob Sieges.
The giant centipede can dig through the following blocks:
*Dirt
**Grass
**Mycelium
**Podzol
**Coarse dirt
**Farmland
*Sand
**Red sand
**Black sand
*Sandstone
**Red Sandstone
**Black Sandstone
*Gravel
*Stone
**Diorite
**Andensite
**Granite
**Overworld Ores
*Cobblestone (Hard Mode only)
**Mossy Cobble (Hard Mode only)
*Cracked Stone Bricks
*Netherrack
**Nether Ores
*Glass
**All colors
**Panes
==Trivia==
The giant centipede has a unique animation that only plays when it is underground and burrowing. This animation cannot normally be seen, unless the centipede is burrowing through glass.
Category:Arthropods
Category:Hostile Mobs
Category:Mobs
Category:Difficulty-locked Mobs