get rid of woodlice ...

Savvy_Sue

theotortoise wrote:

I could lend you my Jack Russell. She eats anything that crawls...woodlice, spiders, millipedes, ants. Anybody would think I don't feed her!

:rotfl:That's very good of you, but I think we'd have the RSPCA onto us if we put her into the 'well'. No room for anything much bigger than a Jack Russell, and probably no way out either, because the bottom half of the window doesn't open so she'd have to be dropped down a couple of feet. Will get back to you about the rest of the building if the problem persists, but ...

... for at least a short period today we reckon we had a woodlouse free zone, courtesy of deadly chemicals. We discovered that there was still a leak under the kitchen sink, which clearly didn't help matters: my colleague reckons that cleaning that out was the most disgusting job she's ever had to do. But we've got the leak fixed properly this time, so there's some hope of that area drying out.

The leaking sink is at one end of the building, and the 'well' is at the other, so the woodlice have had a lovely time scurrying between, but their days are numbered!

Savvy_Sue

Galtizz wrote:

Recipes - :eek: be warned, this is discusting (especially the sushi) so don't look if you're squemish.

Thank you. I'm squeamish, so didn't look. (We really need a 'thank you with rolling eyes' button!)

Daft_Monkey

Galtizz wrote:

Recipes - :eek: be warned, this is discusting (especially the sushi) so don't look if you're squemish.

The fritters look yummy!!!

Big_Nige

Woodlice like it where it is wet so why not try drying the area out, failing that ant powder works on them or, as a possible cheap (but not tested as I just thought of it alternative ) salt..... It would dry them out & kill the blighters.

ANDYPANDY

We get woodlice occassionally crawling across our living room carpet and my husband won't let me get rid of them. He says they do no harm but having read this I take it where there's one there's probably hundreds and they do infact damage wood?

Savvy_Sue

ANDYPANDY wrote:

We get woodlice occassionally crawling across our living room carpet and my husband won't let me get rid of them. He says they do no harm but having read this I take it where there's one there's probably hundreds and they do infact damage wood?

Let me start by saying that despite posting the original question, I am normally fairly tolerant of woodlice, we get a few in the house, especially round the back door and in the toilet, both of which are slightly damp areas. I don't like them in my bathroom but I don't get very many in there.

You do sometimes see the odd one apparently on a lone mission. If that's your situation I wouldn't worry: I'd say your husband is right. Where you get lots of them indoors, it is an indication of damp, especially damp wood. This damp wood is not likely to be in the middle of your lounge carpet, more likely in a corner, and you may have slightly rotten skirting boards which the woodlice may be damaging or taking advantage of.

However, my question related to a situation where whole armies of fat, well-fed woodlice were marching boldly across the floors in broad daylight, apparently undeterred by our presence. That I was unable to ignore. And since we want to use part of the building for storing clothes and food, we need to get on top of the woodlouse problem pdq ...

I now know that we have had a leak under the kitchen sink for goodness only knows how long, and as a result we have a basically rotten wooden kitchen unit. Now the leak has been properly fixed (touch wood!) we have some hope of this unit drying out, although long term I suspect it's got to go. Whether we'll get rid of the woodlouse population before the cupboard goes I'm not sure.

At the other end of the building the floor is below ground level so if we do have any damp skirting boards then curing the problem is going to be interesting: but we've killed off the first batch so we'll see how many more we have by Tuesday.

gromituk

No they don't damage wood - they eat wood that is already rotten. So don't blame them for the problem - they are a symptom.

comicmankev

Anyone know how to get rid of woodlice from a greenhouse (100s/1000s of them)?

Contrary to what most people on the net think, they do cause damage, they completely ate though last years tomato/peper/cucumber crop, and this year they are back for more!!!!

After last years problems I removed EVERYTHING from the greenhouse (wood benches, staging, plants etc), but they are still there! I have tried plenty of boiling water, but no good. I don't want to use a heavy pesticide because I would like to use the greenhouse for crops.

Curry_Queen

Cook them


Nice recipe here

squeaky

Damn! Beaten to it!