If you live in the bottom half of Australia you'll know all about Portuguese Millipedes and what a smelly, staining pest they can be. Autumn is when they appear in greatest numbers and 12mm of rain here last week had them literally climbing the walls. There are natural predators in their home country of Portugal that keep numbers in check, but not here, and that yellow stuff they exude is, not surprisingly, distasteful to most potential snackers, although some spiders, wasps and beetles will eat them. (Not in large enough numbers to have any impact though). Here some red meat ants are having a go - not with any great enthusiasm I'd have to say -
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