very very interesting. That you for finding that. Well at least now I no its not something that is going to eat my veggies.

Hey Treelady, A walker is a walking iris. It blooms and then little plantlets develop at the tip where the bloom was, as the plantlets grow larger they get heavier until they finally reach the ground and take root. This is how they spread.

Hi Shannon, Although far from being an expert (I don't even think I deserve amateur status yet) I thought I would respond to your question since I've been doing quite a bit of research on these very same (or very similar) critters. I have some morning glory seedlings that have an infestation of some sort in the surrounding soil. I posted a question and link on the Growing from Seed forum a few days ago. I thought I had it figured out and that what I was seeing were called symphylans (do a google search or follow the link below). But I kept reading that symphylans are wary of light and I kept seeing these things on top of the soil. So now I think they could be newly hatched centipedes, which look quite similar (I hope anyway - check out: http://www.ent3.orst.edu/smartkey/display.cfm?pagename=Centipedes&groupname=nogroup) However, your grain of rice reference sounds like soil mealy bugs, but you say they are fast moving and I don't think that these bugs are very mobile (not sure though). It's strange, I searched all over these forums for information on these critters and couldn't find anything. You are now the third person (myself included) that has asked about this in the last few days. There is even another post in this forum from a yesterday that has another link (my original link) to a page about symphylans. At least I finally get to ANSWER a question for once. Good luck. Let me know what you find out and if your solution works. Here is a link that might be useful: symphylans

I notice this: All drawers in the lower cabinets, in most cases. Or, a drawer above a door. Undermounted sink. Freestanding, not fitted. Wall mount taps. Actually, "shelf mount" is the right term but today we would call them wall mounted. Oven at torso height. Prep sink. Practical backsplash over the sink: you can hang things to dry. Open shelves near the sink. Built in fridge.