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What Eats Centipedes?
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Centipedes feed on woodlice, spiders, mites, springtails, beetles and many other insects. They also eat worms, harvestmen, leatherjackets and slugs. When there is a scarcity of food around, they are known to feed on plants.
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Centipedes are carnivorous animals that eat spiders, worms, insects and other arthropods. They usually detect prey by use of their antennae, which is covered with a lot of hair and paralyse them by injecting venom into their bodies. Geophilomorph centipedes usually eat plants when they are unable to find insects.
Centipedes are normally eaten by shrews, toads, badgers and birds such as domestic chicken. Ground beetles and spiders also feed on centipedes while some centipedes are cannibals and can feed on their own kind.
The Centipedes are long and slender animals with many body segments and numerous legs but the head is quite flat and covered with a round or oval shield. It carries a pair of prominent antennae, which are the animals major sense organs, enabling it to smell and feel its way around. Centipedes are active hunters, they roam around looking for small animals to bite and eat I.e. Spiders and other small invertebrates. If the centipede is large enough it will even attack small vertebrates like lizards. The largest species of centipede is 'Scolopendra gigantea' which can grow to be about 12 inches long and 1 inch wide and it is mostly in found in Central America.
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The centipede has several known predators. Toads, snakes, birds, spiders, shrews and sometimes even people eat centipedes. Sometimes a centipede will be eaten by a larger centipede. You can find more information here: http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/insects/centipedes/centipede_about.html
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Many creatures eat centipedes. The meerkat will eat centipedes. Also, scorpions, spiders, and some birds also eat them. Toads, shrews, and large birds will also have centipedes for a meal.
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Centipedes are carnivores that eat other insects, earthworms, spiders, slugs and small animals. They are active hunters and are always roaming around in order to find a meal.
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centipedes are carnivores so they eat other insects and small mammals. some have very strong jaws to grab and chew prey and some are even poisonous.
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Birds will eat non poisonous centipedes.
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