With its long, thin, flexible body this centipede is well adapted for living in tunnels and holes in the soil. Now and again it may enter houses, probably during the night when hunting for prey. These centipedes are seen particularly in the spring and autumn and their appearance may possibly be due to heavy rainstorms […]
Lithobius forficatus
This very common centipede can reach a length of 3 cm. It is easily found by turning over stones in the garden or by searching under loose bark. It sometimes occurs in compost heaps and outhouses, or in piles of dried leaves, and occasionally one comes indoors during its nocturnal hunt for prey. Centipedes are […]
Centipedes
( Latin: Class Chilopoda) These are predatory invertebrates which hide away by day and come out at night to hunt smaller invertebrates which they kill with the help of the powerful poison claws positioned on the first segment of the body. None of the European species are dangerous to man, but their venom is very […]
Geophilus carpophagus
With its long, thin, flexible body this centipede is well adapted for living in tunnels and holes in the soil. Now and again it may enter houses, probably during the night when hunting for prey. These centipedes are seen particularly in the spring and autumn and their appearance may possibly be due to heavy rainstorms […]