Chula Vista, California Millipede Control

As arthropods, millipedes prefer being in wet and damp environments in wood and plants. Despite having up to 400 legs, millipedes are still considered slow creatures.

• Female millipedes can lay up to ten and 300 eggs at one time.
• Male millipedes insert packets of sperm into the female who then feeds it to her eggs before they hatch.
• Millipedes moisten their food with saliva before consuming.
• Millipedes are detritivores that eat decaying plants.
• What they lack in speed, millipedes are able to rapidly burrow into the ground.

The removal of damp areas with plants is the best way to avoid having millipedes around. Rocks located in moist areas can serve as a location for millipedes to congregate. Got millipedes crawling around? Call a professional exterminator to have it fixed.