Centipedes and Millipedes By: Austin, David, and Seth Chilopods Centipedes and Millipedes By: Austin, David, and Seth

Chilopods Characteristics Long, segmented bodies Many legs Antennae Simple eyes Millipedes- 2 pairs of legs per segment Centipedes- 1 pair of legs per segment

Chilopods Habitat These animals can be found… In woodpiles Under vegetation In basements Some millipedes can even be found in tropical rainforests

Chilopods The Life Cycle Mating Egg Hatching Molting Adult They mate and the process is started all over again…

Centipedes About them…

Centipedes General Information Classification Kingdom- Animalia Phylum- Arthropoda Subphylum- Myriapoda Class- Chilopoda

Centipede Video Video

Centipedes- They Use Their Speed and Poison to Centipedes- They Use Their Speed and Poison to Hunt Down and Eat Their Pray General Information Feeding Habits They Eat insects Such As… Springtails Beetles Woodlice Spiders

Centipedes General Information Feeding Habits They Also Eat… Worms Slugs

Centipedes The Predators… Domestic Chickens Shrews Toads Some Spiders One of the most important predators of all is other Centipedes (cannibals)

Centipedes General Information They Bite… All centipedes are poisonous If bitten, the pain lasts about 2 days (not including healing time) Usually not enough poison to be fatal

Millipedes About them…

Millipedes General Information Classification Kingdom- Animalia Phylum- Arthropoda Subphylum- Uniramia Class- Diplopoda

Millipedes Defense Mechanisms General Information Millipedes are not poisonous They only sometimes emit a foul smelling odor that can sting or burn Some of the larger, more powerful millipedes can even shoot at your eyes from several feet away

Millipedes General Information Feeding Habits They mostly feed on decaying plant matter Young millipedes must digest microbes to be able to eat this One of these sources is fungi

Millipedes Night Vision… Millipedes are nocturnal If you look closely, you would come to find that they have little antennae that help them look around They usually only see very little if they can see at all

And Now More… Pictures…

A Vietnamese Centipede

A Garden Centipede

Fangs

7 Inch Centipede

Giant Centipede

To The Millipedes…

Giant Millipede

Fossilized Millipede

Another Millipede

An Albino Millipede

Sources http://www.the-piedpiper.co.uk/th11d.htm http://bugguide.net/node/view/267530/bgimage http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=giant+centipede http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/ArchOLD-7/1189509881.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/view.php%3Ftid%3D3%26did%3D26091&h=972&w=1296&sz=714&tbnid=kEJNQa8_O_dIyM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgiant%2Bmillipede&hl=en&usg=__SSZYI2o_SBjZx60NHySLRLT6lIc=&ei=3GaNS93iMZSQlAfZwfV4&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=3&ct=image&ved=0CAoQ9QEwAg http://www.the-piedpiper.co.uk/th11d.htm

Sources http://www.bugsinthenews.com/giant_desert_centipede.htm http://insects.about.com/od/centipedesmillipedes/p/millipedes.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millipede http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centipede