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If you have ever looked at these creatures, you will notice that millipedes have much shorter legs than centipedes.
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How do the structural differences in the grasshopper and housefly enable them to exhibit more complex behavior than centipedes and millipedes?
Grasshoppers and Houseflies have wings and the Centipedes and Millipedes do not.
Are centipedes longer than waffles?
Most are not, but some species of millipedes can be.
How are centipedes different from millipede?
Despite the fact that the name "centipede" means 100 legs and "millipede" means 100 legs, centipedes do not have 100 legs and millipedes do not have 1000 legs. It has been found that no species of millipede has more than 400 legs.One of the main differences between centipedes and millipedes is that centipedes have one pair (i.e.two legs) on each segment and millipedes have two pairs (i.e. four legs) on most segments. Centipedes move more quickly than millipedes.Centipedes are also more flexible, with a more flattened body than millipedes, which have a more cylindrical body. Centipedes tend to prefer dryer, more arid environments, while millipedes prefer moist deciduous forests.
What animals does not have a backbone and have more than 2 legs?
All insects and arachnids. for example bees, centipedes, millipedes, spiders.
Animal with more than 8 legs?
Centipedes have a dual-digit number of legs. Millipedes have hundreds of legs, but not 1000.
Is there a non human species with 18 legs?
there are many species with more than 18 legs. the centipedes and millipedes are two well known examples
How many legs duos a centipede have?
Centipedes have one pair of legs per body segment, millipedes have 2 pair per segment.
What animals have more than six legs?
Squids have more than eight "legs;" they have ten. Centipedes and millipedes have anywhere from ten to 355 legs. Many crustaceans, like lobster, crayfish, and shrimp, have ten or a multiple of ten legs (they are in the Order Decapoda, which means "ten footed").
What is the differences between a centipede and a millipede?
Centipedes have one set of legs per body segment and millipedes have two sets per segment. Millipede means "thousands of feet". Has two pairs or four legs on most body segments. Centipede means "hundreds of feet". Has one pair or two legs on each body segment. Although neither has anywhere near "hundreds of feet" the centipede generally has fewer legs than a millipede. Millipedes are non-toxic, but centipedes do contain some venom that can cause irritation.
What arthropod has 10 legs and 2 pair of antennas?
Crustaceans such as crabs and lobsters. Also water fleas and the other small things swimming around.
Is a millipede or a centipede dangerous to humans?
They can be. I was stung by one near my eye and had to have medical treatment for it to avoid eye damage. This happened in my sleep, but my doctor recognized the two marks in the wound for having been made by a centipede's barbels.
Animal which has more than 6 legs?
Yes, all insects have six legs. Arachnids have eight as does an octopus (although technically they are called tentacles). Centipedes and millipedes have many more than four.
