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Old 09-28-2023, 10:38 AM
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HELP!!!! We are being over taken by Millipedes. They are everywhere on our lanai, side of the house, in the pool and now a few are even getting into the house. I have contacted Massey concerning this and they have sprayed twice but said really there isn't anything they can do and they will be gone by November. We have vacuumed them up and hour later there all over the place again....the walls, the ceiling and everywhere!!! It's like they almost come out of the concrete! I have put out sticky pads to catch some of them but I have so many I have to change out daily. Any suggestions? Anyone else having this issue?
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We don’t have a lot, just enough to be annoying. I started a thread in our Village of DeLuna Facebook group about this, and it’s a pretty common problem, with some having way more than others. We have pine straw in the front yard still, and that’s where we see most of them (porch area). We find very few in the house, and they’re usually dead, but I don’t want to find any in the house. We rarely see them in our backyard that has pavers, rocks, and plants, and no grass. Our home is about a year old now. We do have a pest control service, Superior, but my opinion is they’re pretty useless. Will change once our contract is up. Hubs doesn’t want to do the spraying himself, and I hate insecticides so I’ll never do it.