Summary
With 15 pairs of long legs and lightning speed, the house centipede is a fearsome hunter of other bugs -- and it's on your side. Deep Look shows how its many legs and quick senses make it a pest-catching machine.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Talk about it
A house centipede's dozens of legs and sensitive antennae let it sprint and grab prey in the dark. All those parts working together make it a fast, effective hunter of household pests.
- How do so many legs help a house centipede hunt?
- What does it use to sense prey it can't see well?
- Why might a fast predator of pests be helpful to have around?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: legs, antennae, sense, predator.
Try it: Try tapping all ten fingers in a fast wave. Write how coordinating many parts helps a centipede move quickly.