Long circular hairy bug like centipede

These fast-moving centipedes are active predators that hunt for crickets, spiders, pillbugs, and other small creatures that live in dark, secluded areas. Like all centipedes, house centipedes have venomous fangs actually modified front legs that they use to paralyze their prey upon capture. House centipedes are sometimes eaten by larger arthropod predators, such as wolf spiders and other centipedes, and also by insectivorous mammals, such as the short-tailed shrew. The house centipede, though, is one of the fastest arthropods around, using its speed and agility to capture crickets, cockroaches, and other fast-moving creatures.

Click on any thumbnail for a large format to be displayed. Centipedes, Millipedes and Woodlice Myriapods and Isopods The 'little crawlers' centipedes, millipedes and woodlice are all arthropods. Centipedes and millipedes both are similarly shaped and their striking feature is a large number of legs. However, centipedes and millipedes are not closely related.

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What has 30 legs, eats spiders and insects and can run 16 inches per second? I hope to clarify a little bit for you what this creature is. The house centipede in the photo above was discovered making a dash for the bathroom cupboard but made the mistake of racing into a plastic zip lock bag I had sitting on the floor.