﻿DADDY-LONG-LEGS, CENTIPEDES, AND MILLIPEDES. 123 



be cannibals, as some have been seen to pounce upon a brother 

 daddy-long-legs and devour it, leaving only the legs. 



It is believed that in the Northern States they do not sur- 

 vive the winter, as in the spring only young ones are seen, 

 and these attain full size by autumn. At this season, the eggs 

 are laid under stones and in the cracks of boards and other 

 protected places, where they remain to hatch out in the fol- 

 lowing spring. 



114. Under old boards in gardens and hidden beneath 

 stones and dead leaves in the fields and woods, the pupils 

 will find the other creatures to be studied in this lesson. 

 They are commonly known as centipedes, and in the Eastern 

 States, at least, are also known as earwigs ; though the ear- 

 wig in England is an entirely different animal, being a true 

 six-legged insect. 



The centipede belongs to a group of animals called Myri- 

 apods, and the animals belonging to this group are composed 

 of a great many similar segments, some species having as 

 few as ten segments, others having over two hundred seg- 

 ments. In this latter respect, these creatures resemble the 

 worms, but differ from the worms in having jointed legs and 

 antennae, in these last-named characters resembling the in- 

 sects, besides having other affinities with them, in breathing 

 air through spiracles and tracheae which run through the 

 body. 



There are two very distinct groups of Myriapods ; one 

 group comprising the true centipedes, in which the body is 

 flattened, the segments loosely joined, and the legs gener- 



