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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » House Centipedes (Scutigeromorpha)

Order Scutigeromorpha - House Centipedes

Classification · Identification · Food · Remarks
House Centipede - Scutigera coleoptrata House Centipede - Scutigera coleoptrata late night visitor - Scutigera coleoptrata I was wanting to know what this was?? - Scutigera coleoptrata Insane Bug - Scutigera coleoptrata House centipede - Scutigera coleoptrata? - Scutigera coleoptrata bathtub bug with many legs - Scutigera coleoptrata Unidentified Multi-legged Bug - Scutigera coleoptrata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Chilopoda (Centipedes)
Order Scutigeromorpha (House Centipedes)
Identification
15 pairs of long legs, a rounded head and large eyes. Juveniles have fewer pairs of legs.
Food
flies and other insects.
Remarks
Commonly found in houses.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:31pm
Additional contributions by Lynette
Last updated 23 November, 2007 - 10:05am

House centipedes
These have become fairly common here in southern Ontario.
I have found diatomaceous earth effective in reducing their numbers in the house (if that's what you would like! I understand they eat other less-desirable pests...)
… dlee7077497, 4 August, 2006 - 9:45pm

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