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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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Nasty thing in the soil
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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"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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In reply to Rupert (W.Yorkshire) ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say : "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. Nematodes. Available in McDonald's apparently. Still yeuk. |
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"Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote in message ... "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. Oops! It looks like it's one of the other ones anyway. A variety of symphilids maybe. There are loads of different types of insects under the soil. A lot of them are larvae for other things, chafer grubs for beetles, leatherjackets for crane fly etc. Coming across a big infestation can come as something of a shock, but as far as I know, none of them have been known to attack and kill humans. Not so far, anyway. michael adams .... |
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"michael adams" wrote in message ... "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote in message ... "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. Oops! It looks like it's one of the other ones anyway. A variety of symphilids maybe. There are loads of different types of insects under the soil. A lot of them are larvae for other things, chafer grubs for beetles, leatherjackets for crane fly etc. Coming across a big infestation can come as something of a shock, but as far as I know, none of them have been known to attack and kill humans. Not so far, anyway. You mean up til now they've been good at picking people who wont be missed and are good at disposing of bodies? -- Rhiannon_s: Just a scientific experiment gone horribly wrong. |
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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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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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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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