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from top to bottom and lighter colored. Millipede management is aimed at
The legs are fairly prominent. Flat-backed keeping millipedes outdoors or reducing
millipedes have small “flanges” or ridges their numbers at the source. Cracks, gaps
along the sides of each body segment. and other points of entry around windows
and doors and in foundation walls should
be sealed if possible. Removing organic
matter such as plant mulch and dead
leaves from against the house may help,
and damp conditions around the house
foundation should be corrected.
Insecticides may be of limited benefit
in controlling millipedes because of
the protected areas from which they
originate and because of the long
distances they migrate. In warm weather
Flat-backed millipede with ridges along the sides of when millipedes are actively wandering,
the body. residual insecticides can be applied in
Life Cycle. Millipedes spend the winter a 5- to 20-foot wide barrier around the
as adults, hiding in protected locations. building to reduce entry. If practical, also
Eggs are laid in the soil or under decaying spray areas where the millipedes likely
organic matter. Young millipedes that originate. Thorough application will aid in
hatch from eggs resemble small, shorter control, but reliance on chemical control
versions of adult millipedes. The immature alone is often unsatisfactory. The control
millipedes grow gradually in size, adding treatments must be thoroughly applied in
segments and legs as they mature. such a way as to get the insecticide down
to the soil surface.
PPMA Research Shows Uptick in Termite
Engagement
he Professional Pest Management
Alliance (PPMA), the public pest in July at 259%. Engagement
outreach arm of the National Pest around the topic of earwigs also saw a
TManagement Association (NPMA), staggering increase of 391% in July. Most
has released its artificial intelligence (AI) surprising, however, is the stark increase
research findings for July 2021. in engagement on the topic of mice in
Michigan at 3,227% and flies in South
With soggy, wet weather drenching Dakota at 1,487%.
most of the south, it’s no surprise that
termites saw the highest increase in
engagement out of any other core
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