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Centipede
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Real-world info
Name: Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans Family: Scolopendridae - Giant centipedes
Main appearances
DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
Film HHD aF PC
Names in other languages  ムカデ  蜈蚣  Mille-pattes  Ciempiés  Centopiedi  Многоножка  지네  蜈蚣  Mille-pattes  Ciempiés  Hundertfüßer  Duizendpoot

The centipede is a bug in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Animal Crossing: City Folk. It can be found by hitting a rock with a shovel or axe, similarly to the pill bug. Also similarly, in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it can be caught throughout the year outside of mid to late summer.

A variant of the centipede, the house centipede, appears in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

Catch details

In City Folk

#61

"I caught a centipede! It's got a million legs! Or, you know, a hundred."

Description	Very few of these actually have more than 100 legs. They have nasty bites.
Time of year	Jun – Feb
Time of day	4 PM – 11 PM
Peak times	N/A
Location	From hitting rocks
Bug size	65 mm
Rarity	Very uncommon
Selling price	300 Bells
Furniture size

In New Leaf

#69

"I caught a centipede! Impede the centipede!"

Time of year	Jun – Feb
Time of day	4 PM – 11 PM
Peak times	N/A
Location	From hitting rocks
Size	Unknown
Rarity	Very uncommon
Selling price	300 Bells
Furniture size

In New Horizons

#77

"I caught a centipede! 99 more and I'll have a dollarpede!"

Time of year	North: Sep – Jun South: Mar – Dec
Time of day	4 PM – 11 PM
Location	From hitting rocks
Weather	Any weather
Spawn requirement	Appears from the start of the game
Selling prices	Nook's Cranny:  300 Bells  Flick:  450 Bells
Furniture size

Donating to the museum

In City Folk

Upon donation to the museum, Blathers will say this about the Centipede:

"Indeed, centipedes are quite fast to boot, wot? If the beast attacks us, how will we flee to safety? Moreover, they have hard shells, so we can't stop it with a furious stomping... We're doomed!"

The centipede can be found on the second level, near the rafflesia, along with the fly and flea.

In New Leaf

Upon being donated, the centipede can be found in the upper left room of the bug exhibit, near the rafflesia. The exhibit has this to say about the centipede:

"Despite the name, centipedes have a varying number of legs, from about 30 to 46 rather than 100. They also have forcipules, which are the modification of the first pair of legs, that inject venom. Centipedes are sometimes used as ingredient in herbal medicine, though the effect is questionable."

In New Horizons

When asked about the bug, Blathers will say the following:

"The centipede's name means '100 legs.' But I tell you now, that's a lie! These ugly bugs can have as few as 15 pairs of legs...or as many as 171. But because of how their bodies are segmented, they never have exactly 100! Hoo! It's true! You know what else is true? Centipedes are carnivorous, aggressive, and venomous! And their bite is quite painful too! Hoo-rrible things, I say"

The centipede can be found in the leftmost glass display with the pill bug and the moth.

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  Animal Crossing: City Folk

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  Animal Crossing: New Leaf

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  Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Real-world information

The centipede in this game appears to be the Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans), found in Asia. Contrary to common belief, centipedes are not insects. They actually belong to the class of animals known as Chilopoda, which are close relatives to millipedes and small myriapods known as symphylids.

Trivia

• Animal Crossing: City Folk - Prima Official Game Guide incorrectly states in their bug guide that centipedes are found on flowers instead of rocks.

Names in other languages

	ムカデ mukade	Centipede (Etymology unknown)
	지네 jine	Centipede (Etymology unknown)
	蜈蚣 wúgōng	Centipede (from location of discovery)
	Многоножка Mnogonozhka	Myriapod
	Duizendpoot	Thousand feet
	Hundertfüßer	Derived from hundert Füße (hundred feet).
	Ciempiés	Hundred feet
	Mille-pattes	Thousand feet
	Centopiedi	Hundred feet