Found in my house. I did not measure but it is in the range of 1-2". Shown on a Bounty paper towel.
Doing an image search for “segmented brown worm-like thing with two antennae”, two of the images that look most like that led me to the same “All About Worms” website, where people sent in their bug pics, and the owner of the site theorized millipede, since true worms do not have antennae. It said that millipede legs can often be very small and hard to see. Is it possibly a millipede? Does it maybe have small legs that are hard to see?
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Centipede. I can’t tell for sure if it has one pair of legs or two per segment, but it definitely has long antennae and a pair of butt antennae (technical term.)
It is very likely a millipede based on those sites. I dumped it outside so no way to interrogate it about its legs.
Now I’m thinking I agree with this. We have seen other centipedes but with much longer legs, no question about what they are. Is this a young one?
BTW, This is the site to go to for IDs of all things arthropod.
There are thousands of species of centipedes in a large range of sizes.
I think the picture in the OP is a millipede. Centipedes look completely different. This is a Texas centipede. You can’t tell from the picture, but it’s about six inches long.
I’m pretty sure that is the insect Khan used in the movie. I suggest ear plugs for a while.
Seriously, looks like a centipede to me. Something like Centipede - BugGuide.Net
Millipedes look completely different too (the ones I’ve seen). It looks more like a centipede than a millipede.
Centipede. Millipedes don’t have the backwards-facing legs on the last segment, generally have shorter antennae, and are more often more heavily armoured.
If I were to guess, it’s some sort of Geophilus species. Possibly G. flavus, although it could be a different one . Although I gather it’s the most common one.
It looks like this:
P.S. what is it with the centipedes on paper towels?