Centipedes are attracted to locations that provide protection, food sources, and suitable environmental conditions. Here are some of the factors that attract centipedes:

• Food sources: Centipedes are predators that actively search for their prey at night. Their preferred food sources include cockroaches, spiders, beetles, crickets, earthworms, bed bugs, silverfish, moths, flies, pill bugs, and other insects. An abundance of prey often lures these pests into homes.

• Environmental attractions: Locations that attract centipedes are places that are cool, dark, damp, close to food sources, and rarely disturbed. Many species of centipedes prefer to live outdoors, while others such as house centipedes, are comfortable in indoor and outdoor environments. They are attracted to moisture and can often be found near food sources. They like to hide out in cement block walls, boxes, clutter on the floor, floor drains, on or near plants, leaky faucets, leaking hoses, and broken gutters.

• Protection: Centipedes prefer soft-bodied creatures, such as spiders, worms, insects, and arthropods. They are attracted to locations that provide protection from predators and environmental stressors.

To prevent centipedes from coming into your home, it is important to keep their food sources limited, reduce moisture and dampness, and seal up any cracks or gaps in your homes foundation and walls. Routine pest control is also a good place to start in keeping their food sources limited[[2]](https://www.callnorthwest.com/2022/08/what-attracts-ce...