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Centipedes (from Neo-Latin centi-, "hundred", and
Latin pes, pedis, "foot") are
predatory arthropods belonging to the
class Chilopoda (Ancient Gr**** χεῖλος...
- Look up centipede,
chilopod, or
Chilopoda in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
centipede is an
arthropod belonging to the
class Chilopoda.
Centipede may...
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variety of insects; however, they also
consume woodlice, diplopods,
chilopods, and
other arachnids. When the prey is
entangled by the web, Latrodectus...
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species occurs in
Micronesia and Sulawesi. Chamberlin, RV (1920). "New
chilopods of the
genus Mecistocephalus".
Annals and
Magazine of
Natural History...
- for $5 million, H.E.A.T. are
called to Illinois,
where a
gigantic mutant chilopod, the Megapede, is
devouring thousands of
dollars worth of crops. The team...
- the dull
stupidity of the Diplopods, or the
melancholy ferocity of most
Chilopods.' In 1870,
Packard discovered a
species of
North American pauropod, extending...
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scutum 'shield',
because of the
shape of the
plates in the back of the
chilopod. The body of an
adult Scutigera coleoptrata is
typically 25 to 35 mm (1...
- soil and
rotting wood. Chamberlin, RV (1940). "Diagnosis of ten new
chilopods with a new
genus of
Sogonidae and a key to the
species of Lophobius"....
- will
sometimes eat fish. A
study of its
pellets found reptiles, snails,
chilopods, arachnids,
crabs and insects.
Pellets of
breeding birds in
Korea had...
- type
locality is Waikane, Oahu. Chamberlin,
Ralph V. (1953). "Geophiloid
chilopods of the
Hawaiian and
other Oceanic islands of the Pacific".
Great Basin...
