Sow
bugs, pill bugs, millipedes, roly polys, and centipedes. These are all
multi-legged non-insect type creatures that inhabit the same type of wet, highly
mulched areas around the home.
Sow
bugs, pill bugs, millipedes, roly polys, and centipedes. These are all
multi-legged non-insect type creatures that inhabit the same type of wet, highly
mulched areas around the home.
In the spring and summer, these creatures sometimes migrate by the thousands, marching toward and into your house. No one knows for sure what causes these migrations. The best guess is that it's a combination of temperature and humidity. Millipedes and their kin like secluded damp areas where they can feed on decaying plant material. But too much or too little moisture in their environment can make them leave these areas in huge numbers.
Because millipedes are not insects the standard insecticides such as diazinon, dursban, malathion, etc. have little effect on them. The best pesticide to use is Ficam W but this product is no longer available. The next best thing to use will be another wettable powder called Demon WP. It will give you excellent control of millipedes and their kin. Spray areas where the millipedes are thickest and also spray 3 feet completely around the house and 3 feet up on the foundation of the house to prevent entry of the millipedes.
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Pest Control Solutions
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1-800-887-2847
Professional Pest Control Products, Inc.
5825 Nancy Ave
Columbus, Ga. 31909
1/706-682-2314 fax 1/706-221-1918