Centipede belongs to a kind of terrestrial arthropod. The body structure of centipede is very distinctive. The body consists of nodes, and each node has a pair of feet, one on each side. Therefore, it is also called polypod, millipede and dragon. Centipede is a poisonous terrestrial arthropod, not an insect.
Insects also have their own characteristics. Although insects also belong to arthropods, unlike centipedes, insects belong to Insecta, an arthropod of invertebrates in the animal kingdom. Among all living things, there are more than 6.5438+0 million species.
The basic characteristics of insects are three segments of the body: head, chest, abdomen, two pairs of wings and three pairs of feet. 1 The pair of antennae are born on the head and the bones are wrapped in the body. So centipedes do not have these characteristics, centipedes have some characteristics, and insects do not. Although they all belong to arthropods, they do not belong to a gang.
Scolopendra belongs to Arthropoda, Lipopoda, Plastic Subclass, Scolopendra and Scolopendra. Insects belong to the arthropod phylum Insecta, and the common species are locusts, butterflies, bees, dragonflies, flies and so on. , unlike centipedes.