Latin: Centi-, "hundred", and pes, pedis, "foot", Centipede, and those in these images are a family of Scolopendromorpha (Tropical Centipedes).
Females of the Geophilomorpha and Scolopendromorpha show far more parental care. The eggs, 15 to 60 in number, are laid in a nest in the soil or in rotten wood. The female stays with the eggs, guarding and licking them to protect them from fungi. The female in some species stays with the young after they have hatched, guarding them until they are ready to leave. If disturbed, the female either abandons the eggs or eats them; abandoned eggs tend to fall prey to fungi rapidly. Some species of Scolopendromorpha are MATRIPHAGIC, meaning the offspring eat their mother!! source
