[fatbelly]

Hi All,
I posted this photo last year and no one seemed to know what the critter is and more importantly does it damage my crops.

As a guide I  find it underground and usually in my spud patch, but I have found it all around the plot. So it might not be solely a spud pest.

[prakash_mib]

isn't that a centipede?

[prakash_mib]

isn't that a centipede?

similar to these variety of centipedes???
http://www.google.co.uk/images?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&biw=1728&bih=820&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=Geophilus+flavus&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=

[Springlands]

Looks like a centipede - they mainly eat other insects but if their food is in short supply will eat vegetable matter and that may include your veggies but in the long run they probably do more good than harm.

[JayG]

I think it's probably this one.

Apparently it's the only British centipede known to cause some damage to plant roots, although personally I'd leave it alone as it probably does as much good as harm (most centipedes are garden "good guys", millipedes much less so.)

Springlands: "snap" (nearly!) 

[fatbelly]

I think it's probably this one.

Apparently it's the only British centipede known to cause some damage to plant roots, although personally I'd leave it alone as it probably does as much good as harm (most centipedes are garden "good guys", millipedes much less so.)

Springlands: "snap" (nearly!) 
Thanks Guys I will let them be in future.