- 1). Eliminate all moisture inside your home to kill any existing millipedes and prevent new ones from entering, since millipedes cannot live in dry areas. Place a dehumidifier in your basement or in any rooms with excess moisture. Set up fans in rooms that don't have much air flow. Ensure there is no leaky plumbing or dripping faucets anywhere in your home.
- 2). Suck up millipedes with a vacuum or shop-vac to kill them. Dump the bin or remove the bag when you are done.
- 3). Use a spray pesticide around the outside and inside of your home wherever you notice millipedes. Aerosol sprays that contain propoxur, boric acid, cyfluthrin or pyrethrins as their active ingredient are effective in killing millipedes. Use liquid sprays with the active ingredients cypermethrin, bifenthrin or deltamethrin.
- 4). Sprinkle pesticide dust or powder in and around your home in areas you notice millipedes. Kill millipedes with any dust formulations that contain pyrethrins, amorphous silica gel, and piperonyl butoxide; dusts containing deltamethrin or diatomaceous earth also work.
- 5). Leave pesticide granules in and around your home. Look for the active ingredients lambda-cyhalothrin or plant oil (hexa-hydroxyl) when buying granules to kill millipedes.
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