Brown centipede
The brown centipede is a small, common centipede with a chestnut brown body. It lives in the upper layers of soil, under rocks and rotting logs, across Europe, North America and the Hawaiian Islands. It is venomous, but its bite is not dangerous to people.1

Co renconuscher el
- Chestnut brown body1
- Adults are 18 to 30 mm long and up to 4 mm wide1
- Legs have no stripes1
- Runs extremely quickly for cover when uncovered1
Savens confundì cun: It is similar to several other European centipedes, especially the striped centipede (Lithobius variegatus). The brown centipede does not have stripes on its legs.1
Forza dal tissi
Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.
Tge fa ses tissi?
Its venom is used to overpower prey such as insects and spiders. In people, a bite causes at most brief, localised pain.1
Quant privlus è el per umans?
Privel per umans: LevSco ina piztgada d'avieul u main. Practicamain nunprivlus per umans.It is considered harmless to humans. Its small size means it rarely breaks the skin.1
Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?
When uncovered, it runs away extremely quickly to find cover.1
Sch'el morda
- Lava la morsa, sfradenta ella u metta ella en aua tievja cunter las dolurs, e tschertga agid medicinal, sch'i vegn mender.
Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid
Resta en segirezza
- Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
- Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
- Sch'in tal animal ta morda: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.
El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza
Quant grond è el?
Quant lung è el?
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Quant svelt è el?
Fatgs
Destructur da mits
Mit: Any centipede with venom is dangerous to people.
Vardad: Although it has venom, this centipede is considered harmless to humans. Its small size means it rarely breaks the skin, and bites cause at most brief, localised pain.1
Per experts da tissi
- Num scientific
- Lithobius forficatus
- Gruppa
- Tschientpeis
- Famiglia
- Lithobiidae2
- Urden
- Lithobiomorpha
- Continents
- Europa
- Poppins
- It hatches from an egg with seven pairs of legs. It gains body segments and a new pair of legs each time it moults, up to a maximum of 15 pairs in adults.1
- Durada da vita
- circa 6 onns1
- Privel per umans
- 1 / 5: Lev3
Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs
- Lithobius forficatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Lithobius forficatus (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
- Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.
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