Millipedes! How to manage populations so they do not become damaging at vintage

Millipedes prefer high relative humidity and moderate temperatures (Baker 1980). They typically inhabit areas with mean annual rainfall of >300 mm, mean daily minimum temperatures in winter of 0-15°C and mean daily maximum temperatures in summer of 18-33°C (Baker et al. 2013). Several species of native millipede occur in southern Australia, but they are found infrequently in agricultural environments. The black Portuguese millipede is tolerant of much drier conditions than native species (Paoletti et al. 2007). Millipedes are generally considered to be important macro-detritivores due to their capacity to breakdown organic matter (Baker 1985, Paoletti et al. 2007).