Elephant shrews mainly eat insects, spiders, centipedes, millipedes, and earthworms. Also taken are crayfish, snails, spiders, earthworms, scorpions, leeches, millipedes, and centipedes. Other prey include earthworms, spiders, millipedes, centipedes, sow bugs, and snails. The adult diet includes crickets, worms, insects, spiders, slugs, centipedes, and millipedes. They feed primarily on invertebrates such as moths, crickets, scorpions, centipedes, and beetles. Hornets, some ants, centipedes, and scorpions also sting. Their diet includes crickets, mealworms, earthworms, ants, spiders, slugs, centipedes, moths, and other small invertebrates. Other prey taken includes centipedes, spiders, earthworms. A few species are omnivorous or occasionally carnivorous, feeding on insects, centipedes, earthworms, or snails. The differences between millipedes and centipedes are a common question from the general public. Fully terrestrial life evolved, including early arachnids, fungi, and centipedes. Fully terrestrial life evolved, which included early arachnids, fungi, and centipedes. It also feeds on spiders, centipedes, and small lizards. They also provide a food source for birds, toads, spiders, wasps, and centipedes. It has also been seen eating centipedes and scorpions.