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House centipede

Scientific name: Scutigera coleoptrata

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0470

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Newly hatched nymphs of the house centipede have four pairs of legs, and further pairs are added with each moult.

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In laboratory observations, female house centipedes laid an average of 63 eggs and at most 151 eggs.

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2PestSense fact sheet: House centipedeSRC-DSC-FCF18F6C79
1Animal Diversity Web: Scutigera coleoptrataSRC-DSC-A2000D0321

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1Animal Diversity Web: Scutigera coleoptrataSRC-DSC-A2000D0321
2PestSense fact sheet: House centipedeSRC-DSC-FCF18F6C79

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Approved version OWNER-REVIEW-20261108T124717430 · last approved 8 November 2026

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