Tiny centipedes

[Namwob7]

My soil is filled with tiny centipedes, too small to get a photo. Is this a good or bad thing?

 

[Chuck]

My soil is filled with tiny centipedes, too small to get a photo. Is this a good or bad thing?

Mainly it is a good thing. But if they are so small how do you know if they are a millipede or a centipede or a wire worm? Millipedes can feed on a plants roots but don't normally do so. A centipede feeds on insects. A wire worm is damaging to many plants. Need a picture to make sure.

 

[Namwob7]

Thanks for the reply. Its not a millipede. It about an 8th to a quarter in long. This is the best I can do with a photo

 

[Chuck]

Thanks for the reply. Its not a millipede. It about an 8th to a quarter in long. This is the best I can do with a photo

That is a centipede. Harmless to plants

 

[pepper]

They will help out by eating some garden pests. Although they will eat both good and bad garden bugs.