{"id":2815,"date":"2012-03-07T16:45:41","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T21:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/?page_id=2815"},"modified":"2019-05-22T09:56:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T13:56:29","slug":"centipedes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/centipedes\/","title":{"rendered":"Centipedes"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"5526\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/HouseCentipede.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5526 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/HouseCentipede-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a House Centipede stuck to a yellow sticky card\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/HouseCentipede-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/HouseCentipede-105x124.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/HouseCentipede-317x374.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/HouseCentipede-423x499.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/HouseCentipede.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,254px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">House Centipede<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"8171\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Diamondback-Soil-Centipede-051016.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8171 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Diamondback-Soil-Centipede-051016-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"photo of a diamondback soil centipede and a U.S. dime for size comparison\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Diamondback-Soil-Centipede-051016-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Diamondback-Soil-Centipede-051016-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Diamondback-Soil-Centipede-051016-1024x718.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Diamondback-Soil-Centipede-051016-105x74.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Diamondback-Soil-Centipede-051016-317x222.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Diamondback-Soil-Centipede-051016-423x296.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Diamondback-Soil-Centipede-051016-634x444.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Diamondback-Soil-Centipede-051016-846x593.jpg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Diamondback-Soil-Centipede-051016-951x666.jpg 951w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Diamondback-Soil-Centipede-051016.jpg 1026w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diamondback Soil Centipede &#8211; <i>Geophilus vittatus<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Centipedes<\/strong>, despite the fact that the Latin prefix &#8220;centi&#8221; means &#8216;hundred,&#8217; do not have 100 legs. They have one pair of legs per body segment, and the total number of legs varies anywhere from about 20 to over 100 (some sources say over 300), depending on the species. They have long, jointed antennae, and most species are carnivorous, making them&#8211;on the whole&#8211;beneficial (they feed on insects and spiders).\u00a0 Some kinds of centipedes, such as the <strong>House Centipede<\/strong>, can live indoors as well as outdoors, so will end up in people&#8217;s houses, garages, sheds, etc. Bathrooms, basements (especially if damp), and dark closets, are common places where people would be likely to find them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"7149\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/MillipedeVersusCentipede.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7149 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/MillipedeVersusCentipede-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"photo of a millipede beside a centipede, for comparison purposes\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/MillipedeVersusCentipede-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/02\/MillipedeVersusCentipede-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comparison: Centipede (above) versus a Millipede (below)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Additional Information:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/904961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Diamondback Soil Centipedes<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ento.psu.edu\/extension\/factsheets\/house-centipedes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>House Centipedes<\/strong><\/a> (Penn State)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/extension.umd.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/_images\/programs\/hgic\/Publications\/HG8_Occasional_Invaders.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Occasional Invaders<\/b><\/a> (includes centipedes)<\/strong> (Univ. of Maryland Extension)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Centipedes, despite the fact that the Latin prefix &#8220;centi&#8221; means &#8216;hundred,&#8217; do not have 100 legs. 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