Are there centipedes in arizona

Like other centipedes, house centipedes love moist, cool places, whether outdoors or indoors. They live outside under rocks, in soil, or piles of organic material in a yard. A quick key to prevention is ensuring that the foundation next to frequently-watered soil or ground is properly sealed without cracks.

The last most common type of centipede in Arizona bears the name well: the common desert centipede. This is a centipede you typically imagine and likely see often :. The typical desert centipede eats primarily insects and whatever small animal it can get its legs and mouth on, including rodents and snakes. More extreme reactions may include a headache, nausea, vomiting, an accelerated heartrate, and even tissue necrosis. Here is an awesome amateur video that features a variety of centipedes, the first of which is the Common Desert Centipede.

Please note — toward the end of the video, the handler demonstrates handling one of the centipedes. Desert Centipedes are carnivorous — they eat insects, reptiles, rodents, and literally anything else they can tackle — including other centipedes! They can also be scavengers, feeding on corpses of insects and small animals that they stumble upon. Male Desert Centipedes lay sperm sacs for females to take up. Once fertilized, the females lay eggs in soil and rotting organic material.

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They are attached to venom glands, and are used to kill prey. These fangs are sharp and could potentially penetrate leather gloves. The centipede's bite is considered about as serious as a bee sting, but the risk of secondary infection from other pathogens is an additional risk factor to consider. Centipedes are very fast and can slip through very small openings under doors, windows, and cracks.

The best way to prevent them from entering your home is to maintain screens and weather stripping around windows and doors. You should also caulk any visible cracks. When working especially around firewood, rocks, etc. Centipedes are nocturnal predators and remain hidden during the day. Around my house, I often find them in moist places where crickets and other prey seek refuge and below lights where moths and other prey insects congregate.