The short answers are, no, yes, yes. No, not all centipedes are dangerous. Yes, some southwestern U.S. and tropical centipedes are enormous, approaching a foot in length. A species in Venezuela is ...

Several 'creepy-crawlies' common in the garden are wrongly known as insects: centipedes, millipedes, woodlice, spiders, scorpions, harvestmen, ticks and mites are all from the family Arthropoda.

All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have three pairs of jointed legs, segmented bodies, an exoskeleton ...

True bugs are a type of insect that has a straw-shaped mouth and segmented antennae, like stink bugs and bedbugs. On the other hand, people often use the word bug to describe any kind of creepy-crawly ...

The venomous centipede crawled into the Movile Cave millions of years ago and adapted to live in the pitch black, surrounded ...

I turned over a log in the woods last week and was pleased to see nearly two dozen pairs of bright red legs disappear beneath ...

Harmless to us in the home, stink bugs do cause a threat to crops or gardens, where they’re often found. The name 'centipede' means '100 legs,' but studies show that these insects can have ...

With eight legs they can move quickly to reach the insects they've caught. An animal that eats other animals is called a carnivore. Centipedes are carnivores too. They have two fangs which release ...

I turned over a log in the woods last week and was pleased to see nearly two dozen pairs of bright red legs disappear beneath the leaves: a centipede. I immediately thought of three questions I ...