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Article written by: duddy on May 2, 2013



Title: Don't like centipedes? They may be beneficial
Written by: duddy on May 2, 2013

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If you have a house centipede crawling around on your floors, you’re in luck! These little guys feed on pests such as termites, cockroaches, spiders, and ants to keep your home’s biodiversity to a minimum. Adult centipedes have 15 pairs of legs that help it achieve top speeds of 0.4 meters per second. To mate, centipedes become acquainted through the touching of antennae, and the male deposits sperm onto the ground, which the female then uses to fertilize her eggs.


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I don't care if they stopped cancer, wouldn't want that anywhere near me

Written by: bio_man on Mar 10, 2016