Well, not that bad, but I've got this one small millipede eating up some seedlings I've planted and I've got to get rid of it. Any idea from all you Brycers who have gardens?

A hobby I have is doing Bonsai trees. I've got a bunch of seedlings that's been coming out. Got some plants in small cups which I'll transfer to more appropriate potting later. But there's a millipede that's been feasting on the little helpless seedlings. Yesterday I saw it and gave battle, but before I could get it, it escaped into the soil. Now today there's another seedling in trouble.

I'm worried if I get poison for it, it'll hurt the seedlings. So I'm wondering if there's other ways to chase it to the surface.. maybe soapy water?

I found this doing a Google search:

http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/iiin/mmilliped.html

Lots of good information there for you, D@M.

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  About how long was it.... and where in the world is this?  One thing that's supposed to work well, and isn't hazardous, would be Diatomaceous Earth... not the kind that's sold for swimming pools, though... from what I gather, that has been "fired", and loses it's effectiveness, because of it. The trouble is, it takes a while... nonpoisonous, though. If it is small, it may be what we used to call "Pill Bugs" when I was a kid... nudge it, and it'll roll up into a ball... harmless to humans and pets... those are usually a kind of bluish grey, and less than a half-inch long. Lou.

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Greetings! 

  It was definately a millipede (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millipede) and not a pill bug (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pill_bug). It was almost an inch long, in Texas. The blasted thing went into the soil before I could fish it out. I would use poison to get it, but the seedlings are very new and worry about destroying them. It has happened to me before. I'd rather capture it and move it somewhere else where it'll be useful.

We used to get earthworms for fishing and bugs out of the ground by making noise. Stick a pitchfork or shovel into the ground and move it back and forth. It works better if you have rocks to scrape against. In about a minute everything below comes to the surface and you can pick it up.

Since you are in cups I'd suggest taking them outside and setting them on the ground.  Do the pitchfork trick on the ground and I bet enough sound will come up through the bottom of the cups to scare them up.

Another alternitave is put them on your stereo speaker and crank ACDC up to 10.

Lol!  I think I like the ACDC option ;-)

AC/DC Pah!  You need Metallica to really do the job although Nickleback will do at a pinch.

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