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Nasty thing in the soil
I dug up a tropaeolum ciliatum
that was withering and near death. The roots were covered in small white thread like millipede type things. They were about 1/2 inch long and could move fairly quickly. They had a small head and many pairs of legs and the little beasts had devoured a majority of the roots. An ideas what this pest is?? |
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Rupert (W.Yorkshire) wrote: I dug up a tropaeolum ciliatum that was withering and near death. The roots The roots?! That type of nasturtium has tubers. |
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"La Puce" wrote in message oups.com... Rupert (W.Yorkshire) wrote: I dug up a tropaeolum ciliatum that was withering and near death. The roots The roots?! That type of nasturtium has tubers. They had scoffed the hairy root bits coming off the long tubers. |
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Rupert (W.Yorkshire) wrote: They had scoffed the hairy root bits coming off the long tubers. I've had lots of wireworms this year in only one section of my spuds crop. I wonder ... |
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In reply to Rupert (W.Yorkshire) ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say : I dug up a tropaeolum ciliatum that was withering and near death. The roots were covered in small white thread like millipede type things. They were about 1/2 inch long and could move fairly quickly. They had a small head and many pairs of legs and the little beasts had devoured a majority of the roots. An ideas what this pest is?? Many legged millipede type things are often millipedes. Are you sure they weren't? Were they semi-transparent (translucent) or coloured in any way? |
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"Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote in message ... I dug up a tropaeolum ciliatum that was withering and near death. The roots were covered in small white thread like millipede type things. They were about 1/2 inch long and could move fairly quickly. They had a small head and many pairs of legs and the little beasts had devoured a majority of the roots. An ideas what this pest is?? These chaps ? http://www.gaipm.org/top50/wireworms.html Although they only have three pairs of legs each, if there are enough of them all gathered together in one place, it might resemble a mass of legs. michael adams .... |
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Rupert (W.Yorkshire) wrote:
I dug up a tropaeolum ciliatum that was withering and near death. The roots were covered in small white thread like millipede type things. They were about 1/2 inch long and could move fairly quickly. They had a small head and many pairs of legs and the little beasts had devoured a majority of the roots. An ideas what this pest is?? Could they be Symphilids? See link: http://soilbugs.massey.ac.nz/symphyla.php Although this link is for a New Zealand site, there are certainly billions of Symphids in the UK too. -- John |
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"Bioboffin" wrote in message ... Rupert (W.Yorkshire) wrote: I dug up a tropaeolum ciliatum that was withering and near death. The roots were covered in small white thread like millipede type things. They were about 1/2 inch long and could move fairly quickly. They had a small head and many pairs of legs and the little beasts had devoured a majority of the roots. An ideas what this pest is?? Could they be Symphilids? See link: http://soilbugs.massey.ac.nz/symphyla.php Although this link is for a New Zealand site, there are certainly billions of Symphids in the UK too. That's thing I thought he saw. Translucent, so you can see the alimentary ..... yeuk. Isn't a millipede a symphid? |
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Uncle Marvo wrote:
"Bioboffin" wrote in message ... Rupert (W.Yorkshire) wrote: I dug up a tropaeolum ciliatum that was withering and near death. The roots were covered in small white thread like millipede type things. They were about 1/2 inch long and could move fairly quickly. They had a small head and many pairs of legs and the little beasts had devoured a majority of the roots. An ideas what this pest is?? Could they be Symphilids? See link: http://soilbugs.massey.ac.nz/symphyla.php Although this link is for a New Zealand site, there are certainly billions of Symphids in the UK too. That's thing I thought he saw. Translucent, so you can see the alimentary .... yeuk. Isn't a millipede a symphid? No they are different classes of the superclass Myriapoda. Diplopoda = millipedes Centipedes = chilopoda Symphylids = symphyla -- John |
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Bioboffin wrote:
Uncle Marvo wrote: That's thing I thought he saw. Translucent, so you can see the alimentary .... yeuk. Isn't a millipede a symphid? No they are different classes of the superclass Myriapoda. Diplopoda = millipedes Centipedes = chilopoda Symphylids = symphyla Let's try that again: Diplopoda = millipedes Chilopoda = centipedes Symphyla = symphilids :-) |
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Uncle Marvo wrote:
In reply to Bioboffin ) who wrote this in , I, Marvo, say : Uncle Marvo wrote: "Bioboffin" wrote in message ... Rupert (W.Yorkshire) wrote: I dug up a tropaeolum ciliatum that was withering and near death. The roots were covered in small white thread like millipede type things. They were about 1/2 inch long and could move fairly quickly. They had a small head and many pairs of legs and the little beasts had devoured a majority of the roots. An ideas what this pest is?? Could they be Symphilids? See link: http://soilbugs.massey.ac.nz/symphyla.php Although this link is for a New Zealand site, there are certainly billions of Symphids in the UK too. That's thing I thought he saw. Translucent, so you can see the alimentary .... yeuk. Isn't a millipede a symphid? No they are different classes of the superclass Myriapoda. Diplopoda = millipedes Centipedes = chilopoda Symphylids = symphyla Ah. Still yeuk. Centipedes are desirable in the garden, because they are carnivores and eat the herbivores (which are eating the plants). I guess some Symphylids are too. |
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In reply to Bioboffin ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say : Uncle Marvo wrote: "Bioboffin" wrote in message ... Rupert (W.Yorkshire) wrote: I dug up a tropaeolum ciliatum that was withering and near death. The roots were covered in small white thread like millipede type things. They were about 1/2 inch long and could move fairly quickly. They had a small head and many pairs of legs and the little beasts had devoured a majority of the roots. An ideas what this pest is?? Could they be Symphilids? See link: http://soilbugs.massey.ac.nz/symphyla.php Although this link is for a New Zealand site, there are certainly billions of Symphids in the UK too. That's thing I thought he saw. Translucent, so you can see the alimentary .... yeuk. Isn't a millipede a symphid? No they are different classes of the superclass Myriapoda. Diplopoda = millipedes Centipedes = chilopoda Symphylids = symphyla Ah. Still yeuk. |
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"michael adams" wrote in message ... "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote in message ... I dug up a tropaeolum ciliatum that was withering and near death. The roots were covered in small white thread like millipede type things. They were about 1/2 inch long and could move fairly quickly. They had a small head and many pairs of legs and the little beasts had devoured a majority of the roots. An ideas what this pest is?? These chaps ? http://www.gaipm.org/top50/wireworms.html Although they only have three pairs of legs each, if there are enough of them all gathered together in one place, it might resemble a mass of legs. michael adams ... Perhaps-but the bodies were much thinner--almost as thin as cotton. I suppose it depends on their age--we all fill out a bit as we get older. |
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Nasty thing in the soil
"Bioboffin" wrote in message ... Rupert (W.Yorkshire) wrote: I dug up a tropaeolum ciliatum that was withering and near death. The roots were covered in small white thread like millipede type things. They were about 1/2 inch long and could move fairly quickly. They had a small head and many pairs of legs and the little beasts had devoured a majority of the roots. An ideas what this pest is?? Could they be Symphilids? See link: http://soilbugs.massey.ac.nz/symphyla.php Although this link is for a New Zealand site, there are certainly billions of Symphids in the UK too. -- John Not certain -but the bodies of the things I saw were like threads of cotton. I suppose they could be the very young ones. I admit with deep shame that I was that alarmed that I dropped the trowel and the plant. When or if I find more I will get a photo before I squash them |
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Nasty thing in the soil
Rupert (W.Yorkshire) wrote:
"Bioboffin" wrote in message ... Rupert (W.Yorkshire) wrote: I dug up a tropaeolum ciliatum that was withering and near death. The roots were covered in small white thread like millipede type things. They were about 1/2 inch long and could move fairly quickly. They had a small head and many pairs of legs and the little beasts had devoured a majority of the roots. An ideas what this pest is?? Could they be Symphilids? See link: http://soilbugs.massey.ac.nz/symphyla.php Although this link is for a New Zealand site, there are certainly billions of Symphids in the UK too. -- John Not certain -but the bodies of the things I saw were like threads of cotton. I suppose they could be the very young ones. I admit with deep shame that I was that alarmed that I dropped the trowel and the plant. When or if I find more I will get a photo before I squash them They are not that easy to identify - you really need a microscope. |
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