CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Millipedes (Are millipedes poisonous? How to eliminate millipedes)

Abstract: Millipede

Millipedes are also known as millipedes and scale insects. They live on the surface of lawn soil, under soil blocks, blocks or in soil cracks. They hide during the day and move at night. The sides of their backs and legs are reddish yellow. Let's learn how to eliminate millipedes.

1. Are millipedes poisonous?

Millipedes are poisonous but do not bite. If you touch or manipulate them, they can secrete toxins that can cause local irritation. In severe cases, they can cause obvious erythema, blisters and necrosis.

Some millipedes spray a foul-smelling, highly irritating secretion that can cause severe conjunctival reactions, making poultry and birds afraid to approach it.

2. How to eliminate millipedes

The spread and migration of millipedes can be controlled and killed. The best option is to treat them from the source. Effective killing can be achieved by sprinkling quicklime on millipede habitats, burning them, scalding them with boiling water, and spraying pyrethroid pesticides.

The best time to kill millipedes is from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 5 p.m. to dark. Based on the actual situation, you can expand from indoors to outdoors, farmlands, and forests in sequence to build isolation zones and prevent the spread of millipedes.

If you accidentally touch a millipede and develop skin allergies, do not wipe it with alcohol, but wash it with soapy water.

3. The difference between millipedes and centipedes

Millipedes and centipedes are two branches of arthropods. Centipedes have a flat body, consisting of two parts: the skull and the trunk. There is a pair of antennae on the head, a pair of mandibles, and two pairs of maxillae. The trunk has 15 to 180 segments, and each segment has a pair of appendages (legs). The first pair of appendages are maxillopods.

The millipede has a long cylindrical body. Except for the front and back ends, each segment of the body is fused together, and each segment appears to have two pairs of legs. The mouthparts are relatively simple, with a pair of mandibles and a pair of plate-like maxillae. The lower lip has degenerated, and the newly hatched larvae have only six pairs of legs, and the number of legs increases with each molting.