Garden Pests and Diseases: Friend or Foe #5, 0 by Night_Bloom

Night_Bloom wrote:
A continuation of our thread where we discuss insects and related critters in the garden and whether or not they are helpful or harmful.

Here is a link to the previous thread... http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/525874/ . The first post of that thread contains links to the previous threads or how to get to them.

As promised on the end of last thread, I'll be talking here first about centipedes and millipedes and how to tell the difference.

First I'll give a millipede...

Millipedes are slow moving, and don't bite. They often curl into a coil shape when disturbed. They eat organic matter. Each segment on their body has two pairs of legs which is why they are called Diplopoda. They come in a few different types - some are more rounded and some are flatter. Here is a picture of a typical millipede. The caption should say "two pairs of legs per segment" rather than "two legs per segment."

This message was edited Aug 10, 2005 2:51 AM