Send to a Friend

ubersiren's avatar

What are these tiny beige millipedes in my ficus soil?

Asked by ubersiren (15208points) June 19th, 2009

All the ones I’ve seen are dead and laying on top of the soil, but I haven’t done much digging. Minimal contact (even visual) would be best. I used potted soil that I bought at Wal-Mart. Did they come in the bag, or did they get in from my house? Are they harmful? I mean, they don’t seem to have caused any harm yet, and it’s been a few months. Should I replace all the soil, or just scoop out the top layer of dead bodies and put new on top? Blarf.

Using Fluther

or

Using Email

Separate multiple emails with commas.
We’ll only use these emails for this message.