Detailed information on House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) The order Scutigeromorpha are the only centipedes with compound eyes They eat other insects and live above ground (except basements) They have 15 pairs of legs Their vision and long legs allow them to escape predators more easily than other centipedes
Viewing Families in the Order Geophilomorpha (Soil Centipedes) Soil centipedes can live in soil, rotting wood, or other organic material They can have anywhere from 27 to 191 pairs of legs, one per body segment which is always an odd number They are carnivorous and eat earthworms, other insects and insect larvae They do not have eyes, but they do have fangs with venom
the good, the bad, and the merely ugly - Daves Garden Centipedes and spiders haunt the pile in search of a meal, preying on plentiful microlife Predatory beetles could come by on patrol for tiny prey Earwigs enjoy rotting or tender vegetation and the occasional meal in the compost bin
Giant red head centipedes (how much, house, scorpions) - Albuquerque . . . Spraying may or may not help, depending on what you use, because the centipedes are not insects or archnids We take the cardboard tube from a paper towel roll and stuff a paper towel in each end When we see a centipede, we pull a towel out of one end and hold the open end in front of the centipede
centipedes are not Hawaiian aumakua (Volcano: living, to eat, teachers . . . By the way, although mosquitoes were introduced due to stagnant water barrels from European ships being emptied in Hawai'i, and some varieties of centipedes and geckos followed European contact, prehistoric remains have shown that some species of each were already here in earlier times
Centipedes - how do you kill them???? (Hilo, Kaneohe: condo, house . . . i've never heard of centipedes being "'aumakua" (family or personal gods) my kupuna wahine (female ancestor) says to send them back to their owners we believe that they are not a postive sign but represents jealousy i don't know about sending them back, i'd just assume killing them to get the job done