In digging a garden a number of little animals are found, such as earthworms, beetles, ants, centipedes, millipedes and others.
"Lessons on Soil"
E. J. Russell
centipedes and scorpions are common, and the Tarantula spider is also occasionally, though rarely, met with.
"On the Equator"
Harry de Windt
He then went to a bees' nest and swept all the bees into it, and caught a great many scorpions and centipedes, snakes and spiders.
"Shan Folk Lore Stories from the Hill and Water Country"
William C. Griggs