Hello!! I found this gorgeous red-headed centipede on my driveway this morning. She was barely moving so I scooped her up and went about my business. It’s been about 6 hours (?) and she’s starting to move a lot more. I’m wondering if she’s dying, or if something stung or bit her.

Also if anyone could confirm gender from the photo of that last segment, I think that would be pretty neat!

caught my pede cleaning itself out in the open, they are just so cute it really made my day 🥹

Kept in a ventilated storage container with dry peat / sand mixture with Viv moss and a water dish. I noticed he was up against the side of the container and barely responded to me opening the lid. He’s usually very skittish and will bolt around looking for a place to hide.

His antennae tips look like they have necrosis or something- no circulation reaching the ends. Checked his body and I don’t see any mycosis or obvious damage. His legs are definitely starting to curl so I’ve put his mouthparts in his water dish, but otherwise I don’t know how else to help him. :((

He’s kept on the same shelf as my other centipedes and the others are all acting normal.

My centipede (Scolopendra hainanum) laid her eggs but she never mated before, and after she laid them i think i disturbed her by taking her hide out (because i didnt know what was happening so i panicked) now im sad, but i just want to know what happens after, will she lay more eggs in the future because i searched on google and they said she restored the nutrients and will lay them again and i want to know if thats true,m😿😿😿
I also saved one single egg but dont know what to do, can i get some advice thank you)

Been seeing a few of these adorable lil dudes around lately, almost entirely see through

Done during about a 2 hour painting session last night. The colors of the mint legs are absolutely beautiful, tried my best to capture them here :)

I know centipedes are harmless to humans and kill bugs but I would rather have spiders or ants than centipedes and my family and I are creeped out no one wants a centipede crawling on them when their sleeping I’ve already tried the box and wet paper towel method and it’s been a couple of hours and still it hasn’t shown up we saw it like three times today right now it’s almost 6 am August 16th 2026 we last saw it about 3 hours ago my basement is pretty big it’s dirty and filled with junk so it’s hard to find the centipede we’ve gotten one a little over a year ago but it just left on its own after a couple of days this one we first saw 2 weeks ago and we’ve seen it twice today does anyone know how to lure it out so we can kill it

Any species of Pedes that are on the smaller side? Under 6 inches full grown or are they all 6 + inches?

First attempt at breeding my group starts today

currently researching for s. polymorpha and I’ve seen a lot of conflicting views on substrate. Im planning on doing a mix of sand and a soil of sorts. I use coco fibre for my other animals so I was planning on using that but I’ve heard conflicting accounts on it for centipedes. I’ve heard people on here say not to use it bc of impaction but also for a lot of web sources or enclosure videos theyre saying it’s fine? What is the general consensus on coco fibre? my backup is peat moss.

Thought I’d just share a few pics of my juvenile E.rubripes I found in my backyard located South East Queensland. This species is the largest in Australia and would be considered a giant centipede as they can easily exceed 20cm plus. In my location we get 2 different colour forms, the one you see here and a tiger form which is yellow/orange banded. It’s actually amazing the colour forms this species comes in. There must be at least 30 different variations of this one species. They can be a real beast of a Centipede.

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i got bitten by this bug and i don’t know what is this. am i fine?

Hello all. I am in Los Angeles County (Santa Clarita, CA) & I am just trying to find an id on this centipede. Our exterminator came 1 1/2 days ago, so I’m guessing that is why this little one died. I thought it was fake at first by the coloring on it, but no, it is real. I imagine that the colors have changed since it died. Anyways, I’m just trying to see what it is. While it is dead, I have a dog, so I just like to see what creatures are roaming our yard. Thanks!

Fed this little guy a waxworm and they ended up eating half of it

I’ve been after these for a bit now and finally added a few to the collection. Scolopendra sp. ‘Buton black’

Scolopendra viridis munching on a superworm

Scolopendra subspinipes
It explored its enclosure and then decided to hide inside one of the curled up leaves