### animal | arthropod:

Centipede
* All centipedes are believed to be predators
  - terrestrial, but they require moist microhabitats
  - have venom glands to immobilize their prey
  - lead a solitary independent life
* Eat slugs eggs.
* Many centipedes are adapted for running rapidly over a variety of surfaces.
* Most centipedes are active at night
  - benefical
  - built for speed
  - nocturnal
  - predaceous, feeding mainly on insects
  - reddish-brown, brownish or yellowish in color
  - yellowish to dark brown or even striped
  - eat prey
  - grow new pairs of legs with each molting
  - guard the eggs and new youth
* Most centipedes have antennas
  - compound eyes
  - distinctive features
  - environments
  - eyesights
  - jaws
  - long legs
  - poor eyesights
  - stages
* Most centipedes inhabit areas
  - places
  - regions
  - urban areas
  - live in environments
* Most centipedes live in moist environments, like under leaf litter or in damp, rotting wood
  - soil
  - occupy habitats
  - possess bodies
  - reach adulthood
  - secrete sticky substances
  - seek shelter
  - stay in dark, moist areas where food sources are plentiful
* Most centipedes use hind legs
* Most centipedes use long hind legs
  - walk on legs
* Some centipede species mature in about a year.
* Some centipedes adapt to cold weather
  - add leg pairs as they develop
  - are adapted to burrowing in soil but most run on the surface
* Some centipedes are distinguished by legs
  - incredibly large
  - quite colorful
* Some centipedes avoid desert heat
  - become adults
* Some centipedes bite old girls
  - year girls
  - people
  - can run quickly when disturbed
* Some centipedes care for their eggs and the hatchlings
  - young
  - carry diseases
  - come out at nights
  - dig soil
  - drop legs
* Some centipedes eat cane spiders
  - garden spiders
  - snakes
  - emit gases
* Some centipedes enter houses
  - pipes
* Some centipedes feed on animals
  - creatures
  - small creatures
* Some centipedes have areas
  - considerable variability
  - dark stripes
  - poison glands
  - tails
  - hide in crevices
  - inhabit corners
  - live for years
* Some centipedes live in basements
  - damp basements
  - deserts
* Some centipedes look like adults
  - lose legs
  - possess tubules
  - reach maturity
  - sit on knees
  - wait for prey.
  * A 'centipede' is an arthropod with many legs. Centipedes are predators. Some centipedes are venomous, though none can kill a human that is not allergic. Centipedes are among the fastest moving arthropod predators that cannot fly. Centipedes are in the class Chilopoda, and related to millipedes, which are not poisonous. As the millipedes, they are segmented. They have between 5 and 173 segments, but only one pair of legs per segment
* also have a pair of easily seen antennae
  - move quickly while millipedes are slow
* are a diverse group of Arthropods with a range of behavioral characteristics
  - abundant in the tropics
* are active and do their hunting at night
  - at night when they prey on insects and other arthropods
  - hunters, while most millipedes eat plant matter
  - almost totally predatory, fast moving, and aggressive
  - arthropods rather than insects
  - beneficial hunters
  - born with as few as four pairs of legs, gaining a new set with each molting
* are carnivores and get their food by hunting
  - characterized by one pair legs on each segment behind the head
  - common in most gardens across America, Europe and Asia
  - elongated multisegmented arthropods with a single pair of legs on each body segment
  - fairly long-lived, especially compared to insects
  - far more active than millipedes, particularly the common house centipede
* are fast moving, agile, nocturnal animals
  - runners
  - fast-moving, carnivorous, venomous invertebrates
  - flattened, with many different body segments
  - found throughout the United States and the world
  - generalist predators and eat a wide variety of prey
  - highly susceptible to water loss for two reasons
  - hunters with powerful jaws to devour insects, worms and grubs
  - important ground predators, controlling insects, slugs, and other soil pests
  - millipedes' tough cousins
  - most common to temperate and tropical regions
* are nocturnal and actively seek dark shelter if exposed
  - remain under stones or wood during the day
  - usually remain under stones or wood during the day
  - nonaggressive and their venom is mild
  - one of the two myriapod groups
  - predaceous, feeding on insects, spiders and other small animals
* are predators and are uniquely adapted for agile hunting
  - generally play a beneficial role in the garden
* are predators of insects
  - pest insects
  - that feed on small insects and spiders
  - predators, feeding on insects and small vertebrates, depending upon the species
  - predatory, feeding on soil invertebrates such as earthworms and terrestrial insects
  - primarily nocturnal but there are some diurnal species
  - prone to dehydration
  - related to insects but are classified as their own separate group
  - used as ingredients in treatments for malaria and snakebites in some cultures
* are usually brownish, flattened, and elongate animals which have many body segments
  - gray, tan or brownish in color
  - yellow to reddish brown and have flatter bodies than millipedes
  - venomous and potentially dangerous to humans, especially children
* are very dangerous, and their bite is extremely painful
  - maternal and paternal
  - voracious predators and can inflict a painful bite
* are wormlike in form, with a distinct head that possesses a pair of antennae
  - shape but are arthropods and move swiftly on jointed legs
  - yellowish to brownish, flattened top to bottom, with a pair of long antennae
* belong to the chilopoda class and fit under the sub-phylum myriapoda
* bite, and some can be dangerous to people by passing along bacterial infections.
* breathe through the openings located along sides of their bodies.
* can be harmful to humans
  - live for several years
  - measure from one to six inches in length
  - regenerate lost legs
* capture prey.
* commonly enter homes in the fall or winter months or during times of cooler temperatures.
* contain one pair of walking legs per segment and are carniverous.
* detect prey through the use of their antennae, which are covered with dense hairs.
* develop slowly, sometimes with seven or more molts occurring before they mature.
* do have poisonous front claws, but their claws are too small to bite through human skin.
* eat flies, spiders , and other soft-bodied arthropods.
* eat insects, and the largest can even eat mice
  - earthworms, spiders, slugs, and other small animals
  - small insects, spiders, and larvae
* feed on any small arthropod, but prefer small insects
  - insects, including household pests
  - small insects and other arthropods
  - very well on a wide range of prey
* grows best in full sun but does well in light shade.
* hatch from eggs.
* have a hard exoskeleton and jointed legs
  - long body composed of many segments
  - pair of legs on each segment
  - pretty short reproductive life
  - round, flattened head and a pair of antennae
  - small, flat head, antennae and a pair of mandibles and maxillae
  - an unusual reproductive ritual
  - different numbers of legs depending on the species
  - just one pair of legs per body segment, a key distinction from millipedes
* have long antennae which they use for sensing their surroundings and finding food
  - numerous jointed legs
* have one pair of antennae
* have only one leg per body segment
* have only one pair of legs per body segment, run rapidly and are beneficial predators
  - per segment, millipedes have two pairs
  - pairs of legs, but only odd numbers of paired legs
* have poison claws on their anterior segments, although few are of any danger to man
  - glands and can bite and therefore pose an occasional threat to man
  - glands, which they use to paralyze their prey
  - similar respiratory systems to insects
  - venomous claws that they use to snare their insect victims
* hide in cracks and crevices during the day and come out to hunt at night.
* includes brains
  - carapaces
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - heads
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - sections
  - skulls
  - thoraxes
  - vacuoles
* kill their prey with a venom that is injected through the tips of their poison claws.
* lay eggs, which in some species are carefully brooded by the female.
* live in damp, humid environments
  - under stones and in the soil
* mate in warm months and stay dormant through winter.
* molt multiple times during the nymph stage and gain new sets of legs with each molt.
* move faster , and only have one pair of legs per segment
  - quickly, while millipedes are slow
* need moisture.
* often have more legs.
* posess peculiar organs on the first segment of their hind legs called coxal organs.
* prey on insects and other small animals
  - pests and insects in the soil including slugs, worms and fly pupae
* qualify as pests because they sometimes bite people, especially when they're handled.
* require humid places and some thing to prey upon since they are predatory
  - moist habitats
* scurry along very quickly, and are among the fastest of non-flying arthropods.
* tend to scurry for cover when disturbed.
* tolerates acidic soil and has low fertilizer requirements
  - poor soils and has coarser blades
* travel fast, so they are hard to see and even more difficult to catch.
* typically leave no direct signs other than the sighting of the centipede itself.
* undergo an incomplete metamorphosis , with three life stages.
* use a pair of hollow legs, adapted with claws, to bite into the skin
  - structures called gnathosomes or gnathopods to inject venom into their prey
  - their abbreviated arms, called forcipules, to kill prey and for defence
* usually are less common in homes than millipedes
  - much less common in homes than millipedes
* vary in color from light yellow to dark brown and reddish brown
  - to dark brown to a reddish brown
+ Millipede: Millipedes
  * They can easily be told apart from centipedes. Centipedes move faster, and only have one pair of legs per segment.