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05-12-2003, 07:06 PM
J. Del Col
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Millipedes nightmare
(Dave Sheehy) wrote in message ...
J. Del Col ) wrote:
: "GrlIntrpted" wrote in message t...
: I'm having a millipede problem. Primarily in my paphs. I recently noticed
: that the new leaves and new fans simply stopped in their tracks. It started
: with the St. Swithin, which was finally growing a new leaf. Then the Paph
: Pinocchio, and at least 8 more paphs (I'm too lazy to got get the tags).
: When I started digging into the mix (which is fairly fresh as I repotted
: them all in the late spring of 2003) I noticed a millipede lazin' about! I
: crushed it and instantaneously (in quite a panic as I know they feed on
: roots when food supplies are short)...
: Was it a millipede or a pillbug?
: Millipedes are predators,
AFAIK
I believe you are thinking of centipedes.
AFAIK
, and I could be mistaken,
millipedes are scavengers. I am very certain that the tropical millipedes
that you buy in pet stores are scavengers.
Dave
Yes, you are right; I was thinking of centipedes--hey, a hundred feet
here, thousand feet there.
J. Del Col
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