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

Konrad Wothe / Common Cryptops (Cryptops hortensis) Bavaria, Germany, July.

Adrian Davies / Long-legged centipede (Scutigera sp) two in Gomantong Cave, Sabah, Borneo

Doug Wechsler / Centipede, Armentrout Preserve Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, September.

Emanuele Biggi / Centipede found in the Deer cave, Gunung Mulu National Park, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Emanuele Biggi / Cave centipede (Thereuopoda longicornis) with a cricket in its jaws, Gunung Mulu National Park, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Emanuele Biggi / Cave centipede (Thereuopoda longicornis) with sperm pack transferred by a male, Gomantong caves, Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia.

Emanuele Biggi / Cave centipede (Thereuopoda longicornis), Gomantong caves, Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia.

Emanuele Biggi / Cave centipedes (Thereuopoda longicornis) in crevice on cave wall, Gomantong caves, Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia.

Emanuele Biggi / Cave centipedes (Thereuopoda sp.) on cave ceiling. Gomantong caves, Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia.