Giant centipedes live in many rainforests, such as the Amazon. They inhabit many tropical islands, most significantly the US state of Hawaii, and also live in areas of the sonoran desert of Northwestern Mexico and the Southwestern USA.
The largest known living centiped is the Amazonian giant centipede (Scolopendra gigantea), with a 30 cm lenght.
There is a reasonable scientifical consensus that there may exist today even larger centiped species in the Amazon river basin, which is still today poorly explored.
But in the Carboniferous period there were much, much larger centipeds. Arthropleurafossils were fond with 2.6 metres lenght...
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∙ 9y agoThe centipede lives in areas where it can crawl under stones, dead wood, or other debris. It needs to have water as part of its habitat, but can survive in many hot, dry areas as long as it has access to moisture.
Centipedes typically inhabit damp, dark environments such as forests, grasslands, and under logs or rocks. They prefer areas with ample moisture and organic debris for shelter and hunting prey.
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∙ 10y agoThe habitat of the centipede generally includes the ground underneath of rocks and logs. They have also been known to burrow inside of rotten wood.
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∙ 9y agoDifferent kinds of centipedes have different lifespans. Some live less than a year, but other types live up to seven years.
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∙ 11y agoCentipedes usually are found in damp, dark places, such as under stones, leaf mulch, or logs.
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∙ 11y agoCentipeds live under rotten leaves which falls off from trees.When it rains, the ground which is green in colour,CENTIPEDS LIVE THERE.
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∙ 10y agoCentipedes live in the soil.
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∙ 11y agooutdoors in damp shady areas
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∙ 14y agousually in tropical climates
The Amazonian giant centipede (Scolopendra gigantea) is considered the largest in the world. It can grow up to lengths of over a foot (30 centimeters) and is known for its aggressive behavior and venomous bite.
a centipede have 40 legs
A creature with one hundred legs is called a "centipede."
A baby centipede is called a nymph or larva. It resembles an adult centipede in appearance, but may be smaller and less developed.
In "James and the Giant Peach," the Centipede has 42 legs.
Centipedes live in deserts, and forests.
mainly by eating insects on the ground, so they dont grow to a vast number
a type of centipede giant centipede
A sunbathing centipede
No , a centipede is not a worm because a centipede has hard skin and a worm has soft skin, but a centipede is an invertebrate.
It is not called a centipede
no , centipede is not an insert. it is chilopoda
BECAUSE.... CENTIPEDE! swimming in the ocean CENTIPEDE! swimming in the sea CENTIPEDE! crawling through the forest CENTIPEDE! crawling through the wood CENTIPEDE! climbing up a mountain CENTIPEDE! climbing up a hill! oli you smell..... really bad
centipede or caterpillar
Centipede evolves to a butterfly.
Centipede evolves to a butterfly.
what is centipede's collective noun