What is this bug?

[baodai]

What is this bug? and how to kill them
Thanks,
BD

 

[gonewild]

milpeade

 

[The Orchid Boy]

Yep, millipede. Are they in your mix in pots or just crawling around your growing area?

 

[baodai]

Yep, millipede. Are they in your mix in pots or just crawling around your growing area?

yes and they love to destroy my fir bar

 

[Eric Muehlbauer]

They aren't all that bad, and can be hard to get rid of. Try a drench of Physan...I find that it is very irritating to worms, bugs, etc...that should chase them out. Or, you could just repot.

 

[baodai]

They aren't all that bad, and can be hard to get rid of. Try a drench of Physan...I find that it is very irritating to worms, bugs, etc...that should chase them out. Or, you could just repot.

Hi Eric,

Too many pots to repot. I can see them from my clear pot specially on my clivia pot ... I just hate hate them ... I can deal with mealybug but not this one
BD

 

[The Orchid Boy]

Try insecticide granules for houseplants. You sprinkle the granules over the pot and then water to disolve and disperse them.

 

[Ozpaph]

Other than an annoyance do they harm the plants?
They will be hard to eliminate if the pots are in contact with the ground soil.

 

[ehanes7612]

millipedes dont harm the plants at all

 

[bullsie]

Millipedes are natural recycling units. They help break down dead vegetation.

 

[Ron-NY]

Millipedes are natural recycling units. They help break down dead vegetation.

Including the bark medium

 

[SlipperKing]

They're probably doing you a favor. Getting rid of the broken down bark and keeping your mix fresh!

 

[gonewild]

Millipedes are not your friend.

Millipedes will damage plants.

Their main diet is decaying plant tissue but they will chew holes in roots and other moist soft tissue.

Not good to have.

 

[gonewild]

They're probably doing you a favor. Getting rid of the broken down bark and keeping your mix fresh!

They break down bark and leave behind a fine sludge that plugs drainage and air space. This may be good in a garden soil but it is not good for potted plants.

 

[NYEric]

I find millipedes are only a problem with wood and bark. Do they eat other insects?

 

[gonewild]

I find millipedes are only a problem with wood and bark. Do they eat other insects?

No they don't eat insects. But there is a mutant form that goes out at night far from the pots in search of human tissue. No one knows what they do with the tissue, but it tickles.

 

[NYEric]

Oh!? Is that what that was?

 

[gonewild]

Oh!? Is that what that was?

As I said, no one knows!

 

[Rick]

Diatamaceous earth powder is supposed to be effective on these guys. But they have to walk through it to get the "glass shards" into their pores.

 

[Ozpaph]

No they don't eat insects. But there is a mutant form that goes out at night far from the pots in search of human tissue. No one knows what they do with the tissue, but it tickles.

ah, the fabled vampire milipedes