Life Science Safari - Centipedes and Millipedes

Arthropod Phylum - Centipedes and Millipedes


	Even though centipedes and millipedes look like worms, you know they are not because worms don't have legs. Centipedes have one pair of jointed legs per body segment and millipedes have two pairs of legs per body segment. Usually, centipedes are meat eaters and millipedes are plant eaters.



	Although the name centipede literally means one hundred feet, centipedes actually have from 28 to 354 legs depending on the species! (Myth Information)