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Title: Friend or Foe
Post by: Paulines7 on May 16, 2006, 17:30:07

Can anyone tell me what this is and if it is a friend or foe please? I keep coming across them in the garden and usually feed them to the chickens. ;D

Title: Re: Friend or Foe
Post by: Gordon on May 16, 2006, 18:28:22

hi

This is a centipede as for it being friend or foe I don't know.

Gordon

Title: Re: Friend or Foe
Post by: tim on May 16, 2006, 18:39:06

Centipedes (quick) are good - millipedes (slow) are bad.

Title: Re: Friend or Foe
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on May 16, 2006, 19:30:14

That's a common soil-dwelling centipede which must eat a lot of invertebrates over its lifetime. I never deliberately harm a centipede, they're too useful as predators.

Title: Re: Friend or Foe
Post by: jennym on May 16, 2006, 19:58:09

Chap I know says one way to remember what is friendy and what isn't, is the speed at which they travel, because things that attack plants are relatively slow.
It makes some sort of sense because plants can't run away from attackers. Expect there will be exceptions though.

Title: Re: Friend or Foe
Post by: Paulines7 on May 16, 2006, 20:43:42

Thanks everyone. I wonder how many legs it has? :-\ ::) ;D

Title: Re: Friend or Foe
Post by: MrsKP on May 16, 2006, 21:12:10

i saw one the other day and thought exactly the same ...... should i tread on it or not ??? as it happens it was too quick for me so i'm quite relieved now. angle shades will be pleased.

;D

Title: Re: Friend or Foe
Post by: angle shades on May 17, 2006, 19:15:48

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D/shades x

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