Ahh!! Creepy crawlys. Help!

[JoshCrane1]

Today i came home and noticed these worm/centipede looking creeps in the bottom of my schefflera. what are these? i vacuum about 100 of them a couple hours ago and now theres even more. approx. 6mm in length. coin is a dime in the pix.

any help would be appreciated. thanks

 

[kenya]

Those look like regular little baby millipedes to me. There must have been a batch of eggs in your soil. I wouldn't worry about them- remove the plant, put it outside for a few days and they should crawl away. You can also take them out one by one and release them if you want the plant to stay inside. They look harmless to people but should probably not be fed to your cham as many millipedes are toxic (lemurs in Madagascar like to find the giant black ones, bang them around and get high off of the cyanide like substance they spray as a defense mechanism )

 

[Sang]

not ot correct you or nothing, but that'd be centipede larvae, *i know big difference right*

they probably had eggs or something living in the soil.

 

[kenya]

not ot correct you or nothing, but that'd be centipede larvae, *i know big difference right*

they probably had eggs or something living in the soil.

Sorry, the little round heads and the limbs being more under the body and seemingly in pairs makes me think millipede. They may be centipedes- in any case, my advise still stands.

 

[Sang]

its both, we both could be right lol.

 

[Rocky]

Those look like regular little baby millipedes to me. There must have been a batch of eggs in your soil. I wouldn't worry about them- remove the plant, put it outside for a few days and they should crawl away. You can also take them out one by one and release them if you want the plant to stay inside. They look harmless to people but should probably not be fed to your cham as many millipedes are toxic (lemurs in Madagascar like to find the giant black ones, bang them around and get high off of the cyanide like substance they spray as a defense mechanism )

i saw that show on discovery as well >.< it was kinda funny

 

[merumontanus]

not ot correct you or nothing, but that'd be centipede larvae, *i know big difference right*

they probably had eggs or something living in the soil.

Yeah... huge difference, actually. These are millipedes.

 

[JoshCrane1]

ive been vacuuming them up like crazy, ive taken about 2inches of soil off the top of the plant with the vacuum. looks like im gaining some ground on them. taking the plant outside isnt an option so i guess they will keep gettin the vacuum treatment. just hope turk doesnt get curious and eat a couple. weird cuz ive had this plant for 6months in the same soil and now outa nowhere comes a thousand or so millipedes.

 

[kenya]

ive been vacuuming them up like crazy, ive taken about 2inches of soil off the top of the plant with the vacuum. looks like im gaining some ground on them. taking the plant outside isnt an option so i guess they will keep gettin the vacuum treatment. just hope turk doesnt get curious and eat a couple. weird cuz ive had this plant for 6months in the same soil and now outa nowhere comes a thousand or so millipedes.

Eggs happen

 

[lbesok]

ive been vacuuming them up like crazy, ive taken about 2inches of soil off the top of the plant with the vacuum. looks like im gaining some ground on them. taking the plant outside isnt an option so i guess they will keep gettin the vacuum treatment. just hope turk doesnt get curious and eat a couple. weird cuz ive had this plant for 6months in the same soil and now outa nowhere comes a thousand or so millipedes.

Hahaha, I'd be careful you are prob going to have them crawling out of your vacuum before you know it. lol

 

[veiledchamguy]

Today i came home and noticed these worm/centipede looking creeps in the bottom of my schefflera. what are these? i vacuum about 100 of them a couple hours ago and now theres even more. approx. 6mm in length. coin is a dime in the pix.

any help would be appreciated. thanks

WTF WOW i want to assume they are from high humidity? I have had lil flies come out of my soil after which i repotted but never seen this!

 

[FooL111394]

If they were centipedes you would need an ex.!! They are poisonous. I don't centipedes are native to north america.

 

[Sang]

when i am wrong, i am wrong, so millipede larvae.


ANways yes fool, centipedes are a desert species uuh arthropod LOL, i find them them here in arizona all the time.