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title: "I recently bought a chinese money tree from a local nursery and i…"
description: "I recently bought a chinese money tree from a local nursery and i found a millipede or a centipede in it today…. is my plant going to be fine? how do i get rid…"
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# I recently bought a chinese money tree from a local nursery and i…

_Gepostet von amani am 2025-06-28_

I recently bought a chinese money tree from a local nursery and i found a millipede or a centipede in it today…. is my plant going to be fine? how do i get rid of them?

## 2 Kommentare

### Melody kommentierte am 2025-06-28

Since the bugs are pretty big and easy to see you could try a small repot. One of my plants had those too not sure which one. I did a quick repot and pulled out 4 from the soil and I haven’t seen one since.

### Waspinator kommentierte am 2025-06-28

centipedes are predatory and totally harmless to plants. They'd either be there by happenstance or because they were hunting some other critter. Millipedes, on the other hand, mostly eat decaying plant matter, so they're more likely. In either case the plant will be fine and they should try to flee when you repot. And if it was very weird and leggy, it could've been a house centipede. Those are attracted to moisture

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