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House Centipede

Scutigera coleoptrata

Photo by Anthony8
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Description:

House centipedes are voracious predators. They eat bedbugs, ants and cockroaches. Even though they eat the bad bugs, I still get creeped out when I see one running across the floor.

Habitat:

House

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PublishedApril 13, 2014

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