Bush Turkey Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 (edited) Hi all! My mate has a bad infestation of Black Portuguese Millipedes. He collects about 1000 of the critters daily from the inside of his house. It is only a temp house (shed, Donga) till his actual house is built.He has tried all sorts of surface sprays, powders with little results. The only thing that puts a dent in the numbers is ant powder and some water traps.The Millipede's were first found in Port Lincoln SA and have spread to pretty much the whole southern half of Australia. They stink and stain when they are squashed and have also cause train delays in Victoria. The only thing to eat them is the odd spider so they spread rapidly with they lack of preditors.This is a millipede catcher made buy a Perth localYou can easily make one out of a ice cream container and a solar light.This is the best control method at the moment but its just not enoughI would like to hear other peoples methods for controlYou South Aussies who live in the hills would have been battling these guys for some time.yeah so please post your control methods peeps Edited September 24, 2012 by Bush Turkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianDreaming Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Chickens - they love them, and you can eat their eggs, and if they stop eating/laying - eat the chicken 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
applesnail Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 (edited) my idea was to put them in a flask and try and extract the quinones from them...not sure if that's possible but the critters have interesting chemistry to them... http://www.dmns.org/...hemecol2004.pdfhttp://mercury.bio.u...fs/Happ1968.pdfapparently monkeys use the giant african millipede to get high!http://www.livingrai...ican-millipede/ Edited September 24, 2012 by applesnail 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bush Turkey Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 extracting the quinones, yuk i dont even like squashing them. If you get the yellow juice on your hands then rub your eyes, you are gonna be in for a bad time.The smell is putrid as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoOnThen Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 This what we use and It is one of the only sprays that seems to work but you need to re apply to keep the barrier there. You will still have heaps to clean up but if you have sprayed the product well then most should be outside.The other thing to do is not have any lights on outside and try and stop any light escaping from the house I realize this is hard to do but they are attracted to light.There is not much worse than getting up in the middle of the night and treading on these little things not only are they gross when they are squashed but they are quite hard so there is an audible crunch when you step on one. CheersGot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bush Turkey Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 (edited) it is impossible to stop light escaping from the house (corrugated shed). We would need about a ton of filler Its not so bad them being on the floor, but when they start dropping on your face when your sleeping it gets scary im dog/housesitting there in a couple of weeks so i want some kind of barrier. Might just set up a tent inside ive heard of coopex but as soon as it dries out it becomes useless right? so re applying every couple of hours is needed??? Edited September 24, 2012 by Bush Turkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianDreaming Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 If chickens eat them, Bush Turkeys might too - especially if you sleep with your mouth open 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distracted Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Most millipedes i've ever seen in my life was when I went to a radar tower somewhere in the adelaide hills as a kid.There was about a cm thick circle of millipedes all around the building, it was insane! They somehow kept the millipedes out of the building though.Anyway, maybe they're attracted to sources of power or something in the radar signal?Apart from that I have no advice, only time i see millipedes is when i look under my pots 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoOnThen Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 it is impossible to stop light escaping from the house (corrugated shed). We would need about a ton of filler Its not so bad them being on the floor, but when they start dropping on your face when your sleeping it gets scary im dog/housesitting there in a couple of weeks so i want some kind of barrier. Might just set up a tent inside ive heard of coopex but as soon as it dries out it becomes useless right? so re applying every couple of hours is needed??? I don't know BT a hard man like your self shouldn't be worried about a millipede or two falling on you when you are asleep just keep your mouth closed They say it keeps working up to four months I think the main thing is to spray where its not going to get washed off if possible.Here is the instructions http://www.bayercrop...el/file9136.pdfCheersGot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bush Turkey Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 I don't know BT a hard man like your self shouldn't be worried about a millipede or two falling on you when you are asleep just keep your mouth closed haha im a sook. i hate bugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELETED ACCOUNT Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Most millipedes i've ever seen in my life was when I went to a radar tower somewhere in the adelaide hills as a kid....Anyway, maybe they're attracted to sources of power or something in the radar signal?Same, except instead of millipedes, I've seen swarms of ladybugs covering a radar tower pole in Canberra. Pretty odd, nothing for them to eat up there! Maybe it's a sexy-time thing... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELETED ACCOUNT Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 He has tried all sorts of surface sprays, powders with little results.Has he tried carbaryl? It's supposed to be effective against those critters, but it's toxic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooa Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 (edited) yeah we have a pretty big problem here in WA thanks to a certain brick manufacturer. apart from a light trap, one method that seems to work is to run a ring of tape (smooth electric/gaffa etc) around the walls as they cant climb up it. or Diatomaceous earth apparently does well but haven't tried it. Edited September 3, 2014 by brooa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watkins Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Hi,There is nothing that performs like the millipede catcher. It attracts catches and kills the millipede with no chemicals and you can dispose of them easily.You may try to make one yourself but it will not perform as well nor be as convenient. This product stops the breeding cycle. Unlike chemical that just kills the millipede if the chemical comes in contact with the toxin. Then leave the dead smelly carcass on the ground to sweep up. It is cheap and very effective. Get the job done go to www.millipedecatchers.com Now has a Solar model for any location!Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) Chickens - they love them, and you can eat their eggs, and if they stop eating/laying - eat the chicken A good suggestion .....Chooks are the only animals I have seen to eat cockroaches also ; as with the millipedes , they love roaches too !Wish I could find something to control Indonesian house geckos ! Edited January 25, 2016 by Heretic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFBURNS Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 If you have a Gecko problem you dont have a cat. I am in your area and a cat will fix Geckos (ours is a house cat and only goes outside on a lead to keep the birds safe). Stu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderIdeal Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Responsible cat owner lol i must be hallucinating. First cat in australia to actually improve wildlife prospects.The old posts about the radar towers is very interesting! Non-ionising radiation i guess, attracting them more powerfully than light (or attracting them in the daytime too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace1928 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Try sealing the shed or donga up with expanda foam. I lived in a shed for a while and we used that to seal up the whole outside. Spray it from the inside towards the seams in the shed/donga and it will expand up and seal it. Adds a surprising amount of insulation too if you want to use it for that additionally. Not real pricey. Covers a pretty large area. Definitely wind proof so will be bug proof. Could help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 If you have a Gecko problem you dont have a cat. I am in your area and a cat will fix Geckos (ours is a house cat and only goes outside on a lead to keep the birds safe). StuYes , thank you for the suggestion......I will get a cat and keep it inside at night to [ hopefully ] prevent bird kills . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderIdeal Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 What about daytime? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etherealdrifter Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 cats for line managers at the processing plant work 12 hour day shifts.......they are too tired to care about canning into the night........they just crouch and stare in a state of cat like readiness 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderIdeal Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 That's something a mollusc would say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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