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

Alex Hyde / Centipede (Scolopendromorpha) Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica.

MYN / Corne van der Linden / Banded centipede (Scolopendra sp.) Mulga flats, Gascoyne region, Western Australia. July.

MYN / Corne van der Linden / Banded centipede (Scolopendra sp.) Mulga flats, Gascoyne region, Western Australia. July.

Pascal Pittorino / Mediterranean banded centipede (Scolopendra cingulata) resting on a trunk, Var, Provence, France, April

Tui De Roy / Galapagos giant centipede (Scolopendra galapagensis), Gardner Bay, Espanola / Hood Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, June.

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Giant Centipede (Ethmostigmus rubripes) Plutonic Gold Mine, Meekatharra Shire, Gascoyne Bioregion, Western Australia. Meetyourneighbtous.net project

MYN / Gil Wizen / Mediterranean banded centipede (Scolopendra cingulata) Central Coastal Plain, Israel, March. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Mediterranean banded centipede (Scolopendra cingulata), black colour morph. Central Coastal Plain, Israel, March. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

Stephen Dalton / Mediterranean banded centipede (Scolopendra cingulata) Greece, May.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Giant vietnamese centipede (Scolopendra dehaani) cleaning antennae with mandibles, Verve Biotech, Waverly, Nebraska. Captive.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Giant desert centipede (Ethmostigmus rubripes) portrait, Lilydale High School, Australia. Captive.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Giant desert centipede (Ethmostigmus rubripes) portrait, Melbourne Museum, Australia. Captive.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Hispaniola red giant centipede (Scolopendra sp.) crawling through the frame, Museum of Nature South Tyrol. Captive.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Giant desert centipede (Scolopendra heros) crawling quickly away from camera, then leaves frame, Melbourne Museum. Captive.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos centipede (Scolopendra galapagoensis) crawling across sand, Española Island, Galapagos, South America.

Tui De Roy / Española mockingbird (Mimus macdonaldi) watching potentional prey, a Galapagos centipede (Scolopendra galapagoensis), Española Island, Galapagos, South America.

Daniel Heuclin / Milking venom from Feathertail centipede (Alipes sp) Togo.

Daniel Heuclin / Milking venom from Feathertail centipede (Alipes sp) Togo.

Doug Wechsler / Bark centipede (Scolopocryptops sexspinosus) guarding eggs in rotten log, Pennsylvania.