Directory of Chilopoda Resources

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Chilopods are commonly known as centipedes. Each trunk segment has one pair of legs. The first trunk appendages are modified as fanglike forcipules equipped with poison glands. Centipedes are nocturnal raptors.

Resources in This Category

• Common Desert Centipede

  http://wiki.bugwood.org/HPIPM:Common_Desert_Centipede
  Photographs of the tiger centipede, Scolopendra polymorpha, description, life history and habits.

• Garden Centipede: Lithobius forficatus

  http://fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/garden_centipede.htm
  Photographs and information on this arthropod.

• Giant Redheaded Centipede: Scolopendra heros

  http://www.uark.edu/ua/arthmuse/sheros.html
  Photographs and information on the natural history of this colorful species.

• House Centipede

  http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/iiin/housece.html
  A brief article with a photograph about a common centipede from the central United States.

• House Centipede

  http://wiki.bugwood.org/HPIPM:House_Centipede
  Photographs of Scutigera coleoptrata, description, life history and habits.

• House Centipede: Scutigera coleoptrata

  http://www.uark.edu/ua/arthmuse/house_centipede.html
  Photographs and information on the natural history of this species.

• Scutigera coleopterata: House Centipede

  http://entoplp.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/housecentipede.htm
  Photograph of this arthropod and information on its habitat, description and bite.

• Scutigera coleoptrata

  http://work.colum.edu/~cshaw/scutigera.php
  A personal account of life with the house centipede.

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