Garden Symphlans Infest Willamette Valley Soils: Oregon Tilth Growers Share Strategies

Imagine a critter that thrives in the best organic tilth and emerges cyclically as one of the most devastating crop problems in our midst. Furthermore, imagine this beastie not only consistently resists all tried control measures but that most of the information we have about it is anecdotal and highly contradictory.
Meet the garden symphylan (Scutigerella immaculata), sometimes called the garden centipede, a small, delicate, soil-inhabiting arthropod, of the class symphyla, which are related to members of the class insecta.

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