Scutigera coleoptrata

The Scutigera Coleoptrata is one of the most common long legged centipedes

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scutigeromorpha
Family: Scutigeridae
Genus: Scutigera
Species: S. coleoptrata
Binomial name
Scutigera coleoptrata
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Scutigera coleoptrata is quite venomous and can get you into hospital. It feeds mainly on other insects. It uses it longs legs to sense its environment and pray. You might see them darting across the room, then stop and tap it’s legs. It does this to map it’s environment.

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