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Centipedes’ Global Odyssey

Seshadri K. S.

Deccan Herald | September 21, 2024

It was a rainy night in 2015. We were conducting a frog camp in the remote village of Bisle, near Sakleshpur. One of the participants had spotted an arthropod eating a froglet. It was a House Centipede belonging to the order Scutigeromorpha. These predatory arthropods measure up to 4 cm and are found across the globe. Contrary to the name, they only have a pair of 15 legs.

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