﻿DADDY-LOXG-LEGS, CENTirEDES, AND MILLIPEDES. 123 



be cannibals, as some bave been seen to pounce npon a brotber 

 daddj-long-legs and devour it, leaving only tbe legs. 



It is believed tbat in tbe Nortbern States tbey do not sur- 

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

 and tbese attain full size by autumn. At tbis season, tbe eggs 

 are laid under stones and in tbe cracks of boards and otber 

 protected places, wbere tbey remain to batcb out in tbe fol- 

 lowing spring. 



114. Under old boards in gardens and bidden beneatb 

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

 will find tbe otber creatures to be studied in tbis lesson. 

 Tbey are commonly known as centipedes, and in tbe Eastern 

 States, at least, are also knovA^n as earwigs ; tbougb tbe ear- 

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

 six-leo^g^ed insect. 



Tbe centipede belongs to a group of animals called Myri- 

 apods^ and tbe animals belonging to tbis group are composed 

 of a great many similar segments, some species baving as 

 few as ten segments, otbers baving over two bundred seg- 

 ments. In tbis latter respect, tbese creatures resemble tbe 

 w^orms, but differ from tbe w^orms in baving jointed legs and 

 antennae, in tbese last-named cbaracters resembling tbe in- 

 sects, besides baving otber affinities witb tbem, in breatbing 

 air tbrougb spiracles and tracbeas wbicb run tbrough tbe 

 body. 



Tbere are two very distinct groups of Myriapods ; one 

 group comprising tbe true centipedes, in wbicb tbe body is 

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



