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The Centipedes and Millipedes ClipArt gallery offers 20 illustrations of centipedes and millipedes as well as their fossils and anatomy.

"A genus of fossil terebranchiate cephalopods, of the family Ammonitidæ, or made the type of a special family Ancyloceratidæ."-Whitney, 1902

Ancyloceras

"A genus of fossil terebranchiate cephalopods, of the family Ammonitidæ, or made the type of a…

The common hundred-legged worm. Its body is divided into a number of similar joints, and each joint is provided with a pair of legs.

Centiped

The common hundred-legged worm. Its body is divided into a number of similar joints, and each joint…

The covering of millipedes and centipedes, which looks like jointed armor, gives firmness to the body, and furnishes points of attachment to the muscles.

Centipede

The covering of millipedes and centipedes, which looks like jointed armor, gives firmness to the body,…

Centipedes have flattened bodies, with one pair of legs to each segment. They are carnivorous.

Centipede

Centipedes have flattened bodies, with one pair of legs to each segment. They are carnivorous.

This Centipedes has a flattened bodies, with one pair of legs to each segment, but it has less than 100 leg pairs. They are carnivorous.

Centipede

This Centipedes has a flattened bodies, with one pair of legs to each segment, but it has less than…

Centipedes have from fifteen to twenty pair of legs.

Centipede

Centipedes have from fifteen to twenty pair of legs.

"A, a, Cephalic plate; b, Tergum of segment bearing first pair of legs (d); c, Tip of palpognath; e, Antenna; f, toxicognath; g, Last pair of appendages, enlarged and directed backwards." (Britannica, 1910)

Centipede

"A, a, Cephalic plate; b, Tergum of segment bearing first pair of legs (d); c, Tip of palpognath; e,…

"Head of Scolopendra, from below, showing the epilabrum, the protomala with its cardo (Card), and stipes (St); Ant, antenna." -Whitney, 1911

Centipede Head

"Head of Scolopendra, from below, showing the epilabrum, the protomala with its cardo (Card), and stipes…

"A Centipede is a worm having a long slender, depressed body, protected by coriaceous plates, 21 pairs of legs, distinct eyes, 4 on each side, and antennæ with 17 joints. The name is, however, popularly extended to species of nearly allied genera. Centipedes run nimbly, feed on insects, and pursue them into their lurking-places."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Giant Centipede

"A Centipede is a worm having a long slender, depressed body, protected by coriaceous plates, 21 pairs…

The House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) is a yellow and gray centipede with thirty legs. It was once referred to as Cermatia forceps.

House Centipede

The House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) is a yellow and gray centipede with thirty legs. It was…

A circulatory and nervous system of Sphaerotherium obtusum, a South African millipede.

Diagram of Nerovous and Circulatory System of Sphaerotherium Obtusum Millipede

A circulatory and nervous system of Sphaerotherium obtusum, a South African millipede.

A small group of fairly uniform animals which live among Rotifers and Protozoa at the bottom of ponds and marshes.

Gastrotricha

A small group of fairly uniform animals which live among Rotifers and Protozoa at the bottom of ponds…

Millipedes have an indefinite number of legs.

Millipede

Millipedes have an indefinite number of legs.

A millipede.

Millipede

A millipede.

Millipedes are usually cylindrical. The origins of the legs are usually brought very close to the middle line of the body below. These insects feed on decaying vegetable tissue.

Millipede

Millipedes are usually cylindrical. The origins of the legs are usually brought very close to the middle…

"1 and 1, Egg and Larva of Iulus; 2, and 2, Iulus; 3, Polydesmus; 4, Glomeris; 5, Geophilus; 6, Lithobius; 7, Scutigera Longicornis" — Goodrich, 1859

Myriapoda

"1 and 1, Egg and Larva of Iulus; 2, and 2, Iulus; 3, Polydesmus; 4, Glomeris; 5, Geophilus; 6, Lithobius;…

"The Electric Scolopendra, <em>S. electrica</em>, is a European species, luminous in the dark." &mdash; Goodrich, 1859

Electric scolopendra

"The Electric Scolopendra, S. electrica, is a European species, luminous in the dark." —…

"Scutigera forceps, a harmless centiped." &mdash;Davison, 1906

Scutigera Forceps

"Scutigera forceps, a harmless centiped." —Davison, 1906

"Spirostreptus Vittatus, an Oriental species of the Spirostreptoidea, lateral view, showing the repugnatorial pores of the sides of the segments." &mdash;Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910

Side View of the Spirostreptus Vittatus Millipede

"Spirostreptus Vittatus, an Oriental species of the Spirostreptoidea, lateral view, showing the repugnatorial…

Peripatus is a genus of Onychophora (Velvet worms). It is said to be a living fossil because it has been unchanged for approximately 570 million years. Peripatus is a nocturnal carnivore. It feeds by trapping its prey (mostly small insects) in a white, sticky fluid it ejects from two antennae near its head. The fluid hardens on contact with the air and then the prey becomes immoblized.

Peripatus

Peripatus is a genus of Onychophora (Velvet worms). It is said to be a living fossil because it has…