House centipede

Found in humid indoor areas like basements, bathrooms, and crawlspaces, as well as damp outdoor microhabitats beneath logs or stones.

Carnivorous predator feeding on household pests including spiders, bed bugs, silverfish, and cockroaches.

Nocturnal hunters capable of exceptionally fast movement across walls and floors. They use venom-injecting forcipules to subdue prey.

Beneficial household controllers of pest populations. They pose minimal risk to humans, rarely biting only when cornered, resulting in mild localized pain similar to a bee sting.