House centipede

During reproduction, the male and female perform a courtship dance: they touch one another with their antennae and move in circles. In the male, sperm is packaged in a small, thin-walled sac called a spermatophore.

After the male deposits the spermatophore on the ground, the female positions herself over it and draws it into her reproductive tract, allowing the eggs to be fertilized. The eggs are laid individually on the ground.

At hatching, young centipedes have only rudimentary legs. The segments of these appendages increase gradually over six successive moults.

Once the legs are fully formed, the house centipede continues developing through four more moults, growing each time until it reaches sexual maturity.uring mating, the male and female touch each other with their antennae and move in a circle. The male’s sperm is contained in a small, thin-walled pouch called a spermatophore. During the mating dance, the male places the spermatophore on the ground. The female then places herself on the small pouch, letting it penetrate her genital area, where it fertilizes her eggs.

Eggs are laid individually on the ground. Depending on her size, a female may lay from 130 to 290 eggs. When they are born, centipedes only have the beginning of legs. The number of segments these appendages have increases little by little over the course of six moults. When its legs are fully formed, the centipede undergoes four more moults that enable it to grow and reach sexual maturity.