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Centipedes and Millipedes
Centipedes and millipedes are often included in field guides to insects and spiders. These many-legged creatures do share common arthropod traits with their insect cousins, but are classified in their own classes taxonomically.
Millipedes
Millipedes also go by the name thousand leggers, but neither name is accurate. These slow-moving decomposers belong to their own arthropod class, the Diplopoda.
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Centipedes, Class Chilopoda
Centipedes are arthropods, like insects and spiders, but that's where the similarities end. Contrary to popular belief, centipedes do not have 100 legs.
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