Garden centipede

Garden centipede

Taxobox
name = Garden Centipede


image_width = 225px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Myriapoda
classis = Chilopoda
classis_authority = Latreille, 1817

Snake centipedes or garden centipedes are the pale red or brownish "Geophilus" and "Haplophilus", which have very narrow and elongated bodies up to 7 cm long, 30 legs when fully grown, born with 15. They are found in soil and leaf litter, often exposed when turning-over garden soil. They are harmless to humans.Garden centipedes have venom claws behind their heads to attack prey which includes cockroaches and spiders.


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