What kind of bug has 24 legs

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Having said that we have about 2 foot long red centipedes here. TY for the perfect explanation of this centipede. Up until now I thought they ate dead skin. Now I am a little more aware of just why they showed up. This is a lovely article I have recommended it to my friends after we were looking at a centipede picture. These things completely terrify me!!!!!

They literally give me the chills. I found what appears to be a form of centipede in my bathroom. I sprayed it and I think that did it in but it took a while. Once sprayed it stopped moving. Not positive yet if it died. I am sorry. I itch like crazy after seeing it. I had a visit from a gorgeous black centipede, lighting fast. He fed once during the day and at night he really came to life. Very playful also. I have a small dog that was very interested in him.

She had a little play dog and believe it or not the centipede actually played with the toy, knocking it around. It was the coolest thing I have seen in a long time. He finally left the garage 6 days after he got here. Just saw and sprayed our first centipede with the long legs!

It was on the ceiling. Crazy creature! Thanks for the info. Makes we wonder how many I would have to have to save all the money I pay the exterminator to control the roaches, silverfish and termites. Yes we have all those here on the Gulf Coast. The house centipede has a rounded trunk with long, delicate legs, while the Geophilomorphs have long, slender bodies with up to pairs of short legs.

The colorful Scolopendromorphs have from 21 to 23 pairs of legs. The body segment behind the centipede's head contains two legs which have been modified into venomous fangs for hunting prey. To aid in balance and agility, the legs of most centipede species become progressively longer the farther away they are from the head. The last pair of legs trails behind the centipede's body and is equipped with sensory bristles.

These legs act as a supplementary pair of antennae, allowing centipedes to back out of tight spaces. Centipedes are capable of dropping their legs when their survival depends upon it and can regenerate these body parts after shedding them. Like millipedes, centipedes are arthropods with jointed legs. However, while millipedes have more than one pair of legs attached to each of their body segments, centipedes have only one pair per segment.

The American house centipede Scutigera coleopteran has four pairs of legs after hatching and 15 as an adult. The additional body segments and legs come with each succeeding molt.

Call Residential Commercial. House centipedes typically have 15 legs and can travel 1. The typical response to a house centipede probably involves a shoe to squash the bugger before it crawls under another piece of furniture.

But like almost every other bug out there, this particular bug does have a purpose. And yes, that purpose is actually good. House centipedes are known for killing pests in your house that are completely unwelcome. They kill roaches, moths, flies, silverfish, and termites.

They use the two legs right near its head, which has been modified to carry venom, and their other legs to scoop up the bug. If you want to get rid of house centipedes for good, the trick is to get rid of the food they source on. Try to get rid of the household pests that they prey on.