alana rose Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 I wasn't sure of what they were, wee wriggly black things, but now I believe they are millipedes. How do you help prevent them coming in? I've got a phobia with wriggly things, Yuk!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieCrumble Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Lol, no idea, we just learnt to accept them for the few weeks they invaded our flat!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozzachino Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 They even caused a train bump, cant really call it a crash, at clarkson station a couple weeks back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackboots Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 My friend gets lots of them , im sure I was told they love wood chip mulch .. so beware putting it around your garden beds ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portlaunay Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 They seem to like the burbs more. When we were further inland we had loads, especially after rain. We hardly see any now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alana rose Posted September 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 They seem to like the burbs more. When we were further inland we had loads, especially after rain. We hardly see any now. I think i'll have to move to Fremantle!! There was 1 on my facecloth this morning, if I hadn't noticed & picked it up I would've died off. Give me a spider anyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odies Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 no wood mulch near our house then when we get there , they sound awful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abc Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 I have wood chip mulch everywhere back and front garden beds, and I haven't seen one! I work in Leederville and there are hundreds every morning on the walls of the building! Had one in my boot this morning too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfie Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 These things are pests apparently. If you have carpets be careful when picking them up they ooze yellow goo that will stain so I have been told. You can buy perimeter defense spray that may help. Some people get invaded by them and end up sweeping the things out of the house ewwwwww I get the odd one or two but they are mostly dead when we find them. Is lucky on the critter front but we spray every 3 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odies Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 did someone once say on here that they bite ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikkis2000 Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Eeeeeewwwwwwwwww Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest9824 Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 They are Portuguese Millipedes, and some years are worse than others. Some years have seen hundreds of the little blighters invade homes, crawling under doors. They are attracted to light and they like the wetter conditions, so when we have had alot of rain, there seems to be lots. They get everywhere! If you touch them they curl up into a little ball and play dead! But they are not. If squashed, they do let off a chemical smell....(thats if you want to get up close and personal with them )...they dont bite, think that might be another 'drop bear' myth. But they do infest, and some years can be worse than others. We get lots in the pool, the creepy sorts them out though! Another thing that you get used to after a while. One of the worse things we have had is huge black hairy caterpillars, which arrive en masse in late March and early spring, usually if you have an African Lilac nearby, which they love, and which we have in our neighbours garden, these lovely black crawly things like to live in, they fall off the tree when its time to make some caterpillar babies, and we spend many a day, brushing hundreds of them up...they are also attracted to light!....not nice Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ) and Stella Crossley & Alan Tickner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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