Centipedes are fast when it comes to insects as centipedes can travel up to speeds of 1.3 feet per second.
To keep centipedes out of your bed you can set up sticky traps near your bed which will trap the centipedes if they crawl onto them.
You can also put some tea tree oil or peppermint oil on cotton balls or rags near where your bed is and it will repel the centipedes.
Tea tree oil or Peppermint oil are overwhelming to centipedes.
Add 25 drops of either essential oil into a spray bottle with 6 ounces of water.
Spray around door frames, windows, small cracks and basement doors.
Repeat once a week to keep centipedes away.
A house centipede will crawl on you and can even crawl on you when you're in bed.
If you notice centipedes in or near your house you should get rid of them because they can cause painful bites although they are not poisonous to humans.
Things that kill a centipede are water when they drown, insecticide spray and other products that contain pyrethroids (cyfluthrin, deltamethrin, lambda-cyhalothrin, cypermethrin, permethrin or tralomethrin)
Even squishing the centipede will kill it near instantly as well.
You can squish a centipede and squishing a centipede will kill it.
If you need to get rid of centipedes and you can squish the centipede then that is the best way to kill a centipede or centipedes quickly.
Centipedes have babies by first getting pregnant and they do that by the female centipede first releasing pheromones to attract a male, who, in some species, then weaves a silk pad deposited with sperm, known as a spermatophore.
Centipedes then reproduce by laying eggs, usually in the soil.
There are actually many different kinds (species) of centipedes and in some centipede species the mother just leaves the eggs where they are laid.
In other species of centipedes the mother centipede stays and protects the eggs.
Centipedes can jump and centipedes have been known to jump when startled just like grasshoppers.
Centipedes cannot fly or climb smooth surface but they can use their legs to climb up rough surfaces like stucco and brick walls.
Centipedes can chew through plastic.
Harder plastic can be hard for centipedes to chew through but thinner flexible plastic including a plastic bag centipedes can chew through.
Centipedes can travel as fast as 1.3 feet per second so they can get away from most predators pretty quickly or catch up to their own meals.
Seeing a centipede is good luck as both centipedes and millipedes are symbols of good luck, healing and energy.
The lifespan of a centipede is between 5 to 6 years.
Unless the centipede gets killed or eaten in the wild then the centipede will live on average of up to 6 years although some centipedes may live a bit longer or shorter life.
Centipedes in prehistoric times were found to be as big as a width of 55 centimeters 22 in), length of 1.9 meters (6 ft 3 in) to 2.63 meters (8 ft 8 in) and body mass of 50 kg (110 lb).
The deadliest centipede in the world is the Amazonian giant centipede.
Scolopendra gigantea, also known as the Peruvian giant yellow-leg centipede or Amazonian giant centipede, is a centipede in the genus Scolopendra.
It is the largest centipede species in the world, with a length exceeding 30 centimeters.
Specimens may have 21 or 23 segments.
Most centipede bites are just painful and not dangerous to your health.
However some people may have allergic reactions or infections after the centipede bite and if you do then see the doctor or go to the hospital if it's an emergency.
Centipedes do sometimes bite humans but it's rare that they do.
As long as you stay away from the centipede they will cause you no harm and the centipede is not poisonous when they bite you.
The larger the centipede though the more painful the bite.
I once was bitten by a centipede as a kid and it hurt really bad but I never had any health issues from it and the centipede bite healed up within a month and it was like it never happened.
Some people have allergic reactions to centipede bites and in those cases the centipede bite could be dangerous but in most cases centipede bites are just painful and not dangerous.
Centipedes are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda of the subphylum Myriapoda, an arthropod group which also includes millipedes and other multi-legged creatures.
Centipedes are elongated segmented creatures with one pair of legs per body segment.
All centipedes use venom to kill their prey.
Centipede bites rarely cause health complications in humans, and aren't typically dangerous or fatal.
However, some centipedes have venom which produces a variety of toxins, including chemicals such as histamine, serotonin, and cardio-depressant toxin-S.