Centipede

Centipedes are elongated arthropods. They have one pair of legs per body segment, and this means that they can have anywhere between 20 and 300 legs.

They are predominantly carnivorous, and their front limbs are venom claws that deliver a painful venom.

Centipedes have a wide variety of colours, from unpigmented cave-dwelling varieties to brightly-pigmented species that live in the tropics.

Centipedes can be distinguished from millipedes rather easily. They move much more quickly, are carnivorous, and deliver a painful bite, whereas millipedes move more slowly, feed on vegetation and leaf litter, and spray acid to protect themselves.