problems with minpedes.

Amprodude

Hi there, hope this is the correct forum to post. I have a infestation of minipedes coming into my house and I can't get rid of them. What I want to know is 1. Why are they coming in? 2. How do I get rid of them?


Thanks in advance.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I assume you mean Millipedes. Remove any debris, plant pots, etc from around your doorways.

recedite

Maybe its mini-peds, the OP could be a newlywed. The pitter patter of little feet and all that, now invading the home.

What I want to know is 1. Why are they coming in?

The wife is producing them.

2. How do I get rid of them?

Just ignore them. They will move on eventually, after about 20 years.

dodderangler

recedite wrote: »

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Just ignore them. They will move on eventually, after about 20 years.

Ha not in this country

Amprodude

Aurora Loud Someplace wrote: »

I assume you mean Millipedes. Remove any debris, plant pots, etc from around your doorways.

Is that the main reason?

Cork boy 55

(1)
They are totally harmless, chewer of nature’s dead leaves and algae they perform a useful function clearing away dead vegetation.

(2)
Millipedes mass migrations occur in April and May it will soon be over
The house, must have been built on an established millipede migration route.
When I walk in Hills at this time of year I notice the ponds are full of Millipedes drowning casualties
of migrations, Its not fully understood by Science whats going on with these migrations.

(3)
Its been recommend to to black out windows after dark by John Muir Trust in Scotland also paint your outside walls house darker or more natural colours.
You could also encourage hedgehog habitat, their main predator.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Cork boy 55 wrote: »

(1)
They are totally harmless, chewer of nature’s dead leaves and algae they perform a useful function clearing away dead vegetation.

(2)
Millipedes mass migrations occur in April and May it will soon be over
The house, must have been built on an established millipede migration route.
When I walk in Hills at this time of year I notice the ponds are full of Millipedes drowning casualties
of migrations, Its not fully understood by Science whats going on with these migrations.

(3)
Its been recommend to to black out windows after dark by John Muir Trust in Scotland also paint your outside walls house darker or more natural colours.
You could also encourage hedgehog habitat, their main predator.

That migration theory was only conjecture in an article by Michael Viney last year in the Times - it has no scientific proof or backing and doesn't explain how a house can have none most years and many in other years even allowing for population explosions at times (he admitted as much to me afterwards). Painting the house was an extreme measure to combat a different millipede species in parts of Poland.

OP, get rid of the litter around the house and the numbers will greatly reduce. It is seasonal.