This document summarizes the key differences between millipedes and centipedes. Millipedes have two pairs of legs per body segment while centipedes have one pair of legs per segment. Centipedes are carnivorous and hunt prey using venom, while millipedes are herbivorous and eat dead plant matter. Both reproduce sexually and prefer similar damp, shaded environments, though they are found worldwide except in polar regions.

1. Millipede/ Diplopoda Centipede/ Chilopoda Quade Walker & Sam Andrews 5/19/09 Period 2 Arthropoda Myriapoda

4. Millipede Shedding Exoskeleton Shedding Exoskeleton

13. R C E N T I P E D E MILLIPEDE