centipedes are crawling under my home office desk

	Centipedes APPEARANCE: Centipedes, or "hundred-legged worms," are reddish-brown, flattened, elongated insects with many segments, most of which have 1 pair of legs. The actual body length is an inch or slightly longer (wormlike), surrounded with 15 pairs of very long legs making the creature appear much larger. HABITAT: Centipedes are long-lived, sometimes up to 6 years. Centipedes need moist habitats and those living outdoors are found in rotting wood, compost piles, mulch, wood chips, leaves, etc. The house centipede runs swiftly when disturbed and can climb walls easily. Some are found around sump pumps in basements or bathrooms and other humid, dark hiding places where they are most active at night. DIET: Centipedes prey on insects, spiders and other small animals. LIFE CYCLE/REPRODUCTION: The house centipede can complete its life cycle indoors, as it prefers dampness. They mate and breed in dark cracks and crevices. TYPES OF DAMAGE: Typical infestations of centipedes are small in number, but my wife will move outif she sees a centipede in our home.		Types of Insect Categories
Stinging Insect Bumble Bees Wasps Hornets Yellow Jackets Honey Bees	Cockroaches American Cockroach German Cockroach Oriental Cockroach Brown Band Cockroach
Ocassional Invaders Ants Silverfish Spiders Asian Beetles Sowbugs Centipedes Box Elders Earwigs Millipedes Bat Bugs Bed Bugs Springtails Fleas Fruit Flies Clutser Flies	Termites Drywood Termites Subterranean Termites

Centipedes

APPEARANCE:
Centipedes, or "hundred-legged worms," are reddish-brown, flattened, elongated insects with many segments, most of which have 1 pair of legs. The actual body length is an inch or slightly longer (wormlike), surrounded with 15 pairs of very long legs making the creature appear much larger.

centipedes

HABITAT:
Centipedes are long-lived, sometimes up to 6 years. Centipedes need moist habitats and those living outdoors are found in rotting wood, compost piles, mulch, wood chips, leaves, etc. The house centipede runs swiftly when disturbed and can climb walls easily. Some are found around sump pumps in basements or bathrooms and other humid, dark hiding places where they are most active at night.

DIET:
Centipedes prey on insects, spiders and other small animals.

LIFE CYCLE/REPRODUCTION:
The house centipede can complete its life cycle indoors, as it prefers dampness. They mate and breed in dark cracks and crevices.

TYPES OF DAMAGE:
Typical infestations of centipedes are small in number, but my wife will move outif she sees a centipede in our home.

Types of Insect Categories

Stinging Insect
Bumble Bees
Wasps
Hornets
Yellow Jackets
Honey Bees

Cockroaches
American Cockroach
German Cockroach
Oriental Cockroach
Brown Band Cockroach

Ocassional
Invaders
Ants
Silverfish
Spiders
Asian Beetles
Sowbugs
Centipedes
Box Elders
Earwigs
Millipedes
Bat Bugs
Bed Bugs
Springtails
Fleas
Fruit Flies
Clutser Flies

Termites
Drywood Termites
Subterranean Termites

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