(© 1998-2002 Troy Bartlett)

To view images of Centipedes, check out
the sites listed below:

• Tree of Life - Arthropoda
• Virginia Tech Entomology - Distance Learning Site - - Insects and Human Society - Centipede Info
• Texas Parks and Wildlife - Centipede

• one pair of long antennae
• body segmented (flat)
• two body parts: head-thorax and abdomen)
• one pair of legs per segment
• have a poisonous bite
• Example - Centipede

Resource Pages:

• Virginia Tech Entomology - Distance Learning Site - - Insects and Human Society - Centipede Info
• Introduction to Arthropods - University of California Museum of Paleontology Berkeley
• Phylum Mollusca - Univeristy of Michigan Animal Diversity Web
• BIODIDAC - a bank of digital resources for teaching Biology
• Arthropoda - Tree of Life