Alex Hyde / European House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) found on the ceiling of a limestone cave. Photographed on a white background in mobile field studio. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. November.

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

MYN / Gil Wizen / Soil centipede (Geophilidae sp), Caves Branch, Cayo District, Belize, September. Focus-stacked. meetyourneighbours.net project

Ammonite / Group of Wood ants (Formica rufa) attacking House centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata), Dorset, England, UK, April. Sequence 1/3.

Piotr Naskrecki / Centipede, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Centipede (Scolopendra cingulata) Huelva, Andalucia, Spain, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Centipede (Scolopendra cingulata) Huelva, Andalucia, Spain, May 2009 WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Centipede (Scolopendra cingulata) Huelva, Andalucia, Spain, May 2009. WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION.

Nigel Cattlin / Murainagrass (Ischaemum muticum) flower spike. Krabi, Thailand.

Jiri Lochman / Little red kaluta (Dasykaluta rosamodae) feeding on a centipede, Kennedy Range NP, Western Australia.

Jiri Lochman / Little red kaluta (Dasykaluta rosamodae) feeding on a centipede, Kennedy Range NP, Western Australia.

Jiri Lochman / Little long-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis dolichura) catching a centipede, Shark Bay World Heritage Area, Western Australia.