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Yellow Worm with Many Legs Found in Pool is a Centipede

“Found this in my pool this morning”, states this reader concerning the yellow creature below. The organism in question has antennae, a brown head, and multiple legs running the length of its body.

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Multi-legged, Yellow Worm-like Creature is a Centipede

“Is this strange, worm-like creature parasitic to my dog?” asks this reader about the long, multi-legged creature photographed below. This beige-colored worm with antennae on its head has our reader worried for his dog, who “threw up with specks of blood” prior to the creature’s discovery, and who already has fleas our reader is trying to control.

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“Some Type of Worm” with 20 Sets of Legs Turns Out to be a Centipede

“Some type of worm” was found by this reader in her house, and she asks that we tell her what it is. Our reader has never seen a “worm” like this before, which appears to have a long body, with “15 or 16 sets of legs” (though we count 20) sprouting from its sides, a yellowish coloration, antennae on its head, and a set of “hard” pincers at its rear.