Pest Organisms / Common Pillbug
Prevention
for Common Pillbug
Because pillbugs live and die by moisture, the best homeowner step is drying out the zone around the house. Let soil near the foundation dry between waterings and cut back irrigation as far as healthy plants allow. Source: https://extension.umn.edu/insect-relatives/sowbugs-millipedes-and-centipedes Source: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/home-and-landscape/pillbugs-and-sowbugs/ Clear the damp harborage they depend on: pull leaf litter, clippings, and rotting wood back from the foundation, and keep mulch and compost off the walls. Source: https://extension.missouri.edu/publications/g7362 Source: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/home-and-landscape/pillbugs-and-sowbugs/ Finally, seal floor-level cracks, gaps around doors, and openings near ground-level windows. Source: https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN1099