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title: "why the hell have i got these centipede things in my plants soil?!"
description: "why the hell have i got these centipede things in my plants soil?!"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "plant addiction"
published: "2023-12-15T20:00:49.464Z"
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# why the hell have i got these centipede things in my plants soil?!

_Posted by plant addiction on 2023-12-15_

why the hell have i got these centipede things in my plants soil?!

## 6 comments

### GrowWithAmberLowe commented on 2023-12-15

I can’t tell you why, but a plant I bought from a Home Depot had them bad! I’m not sure what yours look like but the kind that lived in my plant weren’t bad. They actually would eat other pests in my plant. I was FULLY creeped out and completely repotted that plant. Rinsed off the roots and everything!

#### plant addiction replied on 2023-12-15

i’m repotting and rinsing mine tomorrow!! it freaks me out too. i hate knowing i’m going to bed with bugs or something. but thank you, funnily enough i bought mine from a home depot like store, we don’t have home depots here but ours is just like one.

### PlantLady commented on 2023-12-15

One of my plants bought at a store like that had a ton of them too and this picture is from one of my best friends plants that was also infested. Repotting solved the issue for me.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/0iCLRsPvFmfjSt9rXBCCpLLt8b4GtXB50XIJbz3eaiM/476895a5f31a41709a3360e2a6a84c1d.webp?size=large)

#### plant addiction replied on 2023-12-15

oh my god there’s so many! i’m repotting mine tomorrow so hopefully it does the trick, thank you! do they get out of the pot like into my house or no?

#### Mullein replied on 2023-12-15

Oh man that’s intense. I’m fairly good with bugs but centipedes are on a whole nothet creepy level for me. I might quit the hobby if that happened to me 😅 Good luck y’all!

#### PlantLady replied on 2023-12-15

They stayed in the plant and didn’t even spread to the plants next to it. More just a hassle and gross for me to have to deal with.

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