Pete Oxford / Giant millipede {Sphaerotherium sp} Madagascar

Kim Taylor / Giant millipede coiled for defense {Diplopoda} East Africa

Kim Taylor / Giant millipede {unidentified} Namibia.

Ingo Arndt / Common centipede {Lithobius forficatus} Germany

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

Laurent Geslin / Millipede (Myriapoda) on grass blade, with African elephant (Loxodonta africana) in background Masai Mara National Park, Kenya.

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 / Mediterranean banded centipede (Scolopendra cingulata), Heraklion, Crete, Greece meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dimitris Poursanidis / Close up of rear pair of legs of Mediterranean banded centipede (Scolopendra cingulata), Heraklion, Crete, Greece meetyourneighbours.net project

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