tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976485350983958971.post8233531617853216533..comments2024-02-25T23:48:50.752-08:00Comments on Robert Kourik's Garden Roots: The Pill "Bug" DebateRobert Kourikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933671774116987956noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976485350983958971.post-77055195752175094712013-01-02T17:33:31.890-08:002013-01-02T17:33:31.890-08:00Finally! someone who doesnt kill all animal life i...Finally! someone who doesnt kill all animal life in their garden! too many people destroy "pests" without even considering the possibility that the solution could involve a cchange in THEIR practices.I have too often heard peole wondering what good pillbugs are, and I always feeel like saying "They LIVE! What's wrong with living!? Pillbugs are usually harmless, but if they are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976485350983958971.post-50335978220154006162009-11-11T10:45:05.927-08:002009-11-11T10:45:05.927-08:00This is from an expert organic gardener friend: &q...This is from an expert organic gardener friend: "To make sure we're talking about the same critters, your "pill bugs" look like tiny armadillos, with segmented "armor"? I want to make sure of the ID, as it is uncommon for pill bugs to eat live leaves - they usually eat decaying material and do so at night. But when there is a lot of dead plant material around there Robert Kourikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933671774116987956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976485350983958971.post-58795661026844148792009-11-11T08:24:39.614-08:002009-11-11T08:24:39.614-08:00i've got an infestation. i first noticed afte...i've got an infestation. i first noticed after moving into my new home that they devour my dog's feces in days. never thought i would have a problem in my front flower bed. i planted many pansies and at first i suspected a cat or night animal was chomping them because they were eaten so quickly and destructively. i found out cats don't eat flowers and there was no evidence of any Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976485350983958971.post-78333025466289225972009-05-20T05:34:22.313-07:002009-05-20T05:34:22.313-07:00I have trouble with these bugs every year, growing...I have trouble with these bugs every year, growing pole beans. While the beans are sprouting, the pill bugs gang up on the new sprouts and devour. <br /><br />I guess once one of them has made a nick in it or something, the tissues begin to deteriorate or whatever, and it becomes palatable, but they are definitely eating it.<br /><br />Contrary to what is written in various places (I got here Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976485350983958971.post-62385593774099258672009-03-14T12:14:00.000-07:002009-03-14T12:14:00.000-07:00you shouldn't take these icopods forgrated. to me ...you shouldn't take these icopods forgrated. to me these are the cutest bug alive.i sometimes go out in my yard ,looking for 1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976485350983958971.post-80003441866297348882008-08-23T02:52:00.000-07:002008-08-23T02:52:00.000-07:00No I looks like a pill bug to me.One note on Terat...No I looks like a pill bug to me.<BR/><BR/>One note on Teratogens: the birth defects are not always observed in the arthropods. They are also observed in humans. Thus these chemicals should be considered unsafe at any dosage. This of course means that using them for pest control is "unwise" at best and reckless endangerment at worst.<BR/><BR/>As for Pill bugs, I like 'em. I have seen them Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976485350983958971.post-88828513985559844922008-06-12T08:49:00.000-07:002008-06-12T08:49:00.000-07:00I could be wrong but the labeled picture above res...I could be wrong but the labeled picture above resembles the Pill Millipede, which is Glomeris marginata. Close resemblance, but different species.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976485350983958971.post-56615707923375101822008-06-09T06:51:00.000-07:002008-06-09T06:51:00.000-07:00I am a long time gardener in south east michigan. ...I am a long time gardener in south east michigan. have a very small garden space behind my townhouse. my garden consists of cedar and cypress raised beds where I grow veggies. this year the "rollie pollies" have taken a liking to many of my plants, but especially my green been seedlings and cole crops. Seems every time I turn around, the beans are gone - or turned to lace. I've tried Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09867765905501325796noreply@blogger.com