I know it doesn’t make sense but I like millipedes. But dislike its cousin, name centipede. I remember, in my childhood I use to catch just to play with them. I use to locate them, pick them up I like to see when they roll themselves in to a little protected ball. Then wait until they feel secure and unroll them and start crawling on my hand. I use to enjoy when it start walking and to see the small little legs moving in a sequence it was a sort of relaxing for me.
Let’s move on millipedes have more than 6000 species and belongs to the class of Diplopods. They are not insects at all. They are arthropods and more related to spiders as compare to bugs. They live long life of 6 to 7 years and more. They survive or eat dead plants or decaying plants. These small beauties grow new legs each time when they shed their exoskeleton and contain almost 400 total legs. When the temperature drops they find a place to hide somewhere to over winter.
When the rain falls they becomes restless and because of moist they came out of their homes and enters yours. In some species they reach to sexual maturing after 5 years and lay up to 300 eggs at a time. This is why they become problem for people and find the ways of getting rid from them.
Exclusion of household millipedes
If millipedes don’t get into your house then they are not a problem at all. But it is easy to say than to be done. But it can be done easily. Go and take a round of your house and seal all the little opening such as cracks in the doors, windows and the cables and wires entering in the house. It is also a good idea to clean your house.
Moisture control
It is an important step to get rid of millipedes. They need high humidity to live. You should keep your house as dry as you can. Check your leakage from pipes, walls, ceiling and under sinks. They also use to live in cool temperature so move around your furniture to find tiny holes in your house.
By hands
It is an easy way to get rid of them. If you are actually dealing with millipede then take a paper or a sheet that is easily available set it in front of it. It will move onto it then take a millipede and throw it out. If you can’t, then take a vacuum and such it up. But keep in mind to remove or clean the bag after you have done.
Millipede killer
The main problem is that when a millipede dies they have some stinky fluid and if it happen in the house it is not good at all. There are number of products or pesticides to kill them. You can search them online. They are in the form of sprays, powders etc.
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