Ingo Arndt / Common centipede {Lithobius forficatus} Germany

Nick Garbutt / Long-legged centipede (Scutigera sp.) in rainforest at night. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Alex Hyde / European house centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) found on the ceiling of a limestone cave, on white background, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. November.

Alex Hyde / European House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) in limestone cave. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. November.

Alex Hyde / European House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) in limestone cave. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. November.

John Abbott / Soil Centipedes (Geophilomorpha) Bandera Ecolab, Medina, Bandera County, Texas, USA.

John Abbott / Soil Centipedes (Geophilomorpha) Bandera Ecolab, Medina, Bandera County, Texas, USA.

Ammonite / Group of Wood ants (Formica rufa) attacking House centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata), Dorset, England, UK, April. Sequence 3/3.

Ammonite / Group of Wood ants (Formica rufa) attacking House centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata), Dorset, England, UK, April. Sequence 2/3.

MYN / Dimitris Poursanidis / Details of Mediterranean banded centipede (Scolopendra cingulata), Heraklion, Crete, Greece meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dimitris Poursanidis / Common millipede (Megaphyllum sp) Crete, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dimitris Poursanidis / Common millipede (Megaphyllum sp) curled up in defense, Crete, meetyourneighbours.net project