The only centipede capable of breeding in buildings, the house centipede, is native to the Mediterranean. This long-legged centipede has good eyesight and quickly runs away when startled.

House centipedes are much scarier in appearance than they are a real threat. Though their bodies, which ares beige with brown stripes, are only slightly more than an inch long, their long legs and ...

The giant desert centipede (Scolopendra heroes) is the largest species in the United States.They are between 6.5 and 8 inches long and have 21-23 pairs of legs. These centipedes live in arid ...

You can find some pretty strange creatures in New York City's Central Park, especially after dark. But it's not every day that you run into one with poisonous fangs and 41 pairs of legs. In fact ...

One of the marvels of the natural world is that animals with more legs than you can count are able to walk —  and to run —  with seeming ease.

Insects and centipedes, by the way, all belong to the phylum Arthropoda ("jointed leg"). Giant centipedes have a long, flattened, segmented body and can grow to more than 20 cm long.