get rid of woodlice ...

zippychick

SpikyHedgehog wrote: »

Probably not in that way though! My mum comes from Norfolk & she called them that, & little pigs :-)

I don't quite understand what you mean?

Linda32

I've heard them called Little Pigs before as well. No idea where from though.

Crisp £ Note, I hope you find a solution.

Popperwell

We get a lot of them here too and if you have tubs with flowers when you move them they always are under them. I can get rid of them but they always come back...

Valli

zippychick wrote: »

I don't quite understand what you mean?

The OP didn't ask 'How to get rid of woodlice' but 'How to stop Old men hanging round the porch;)

Same question - different wording HTH

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I see this is an old thread but I would like to ask a related question - if anyone can help, thanks.  Maybe there is an up to date solution someone is able to advise.

I have had problems with what I think are woodlice in mostly my bathroom, hall and kitchen ? from the skirting boards but not sure and some in the living room - not huge numbers at all but enough to notice.  Very rarely I also see just one or two Earwigs - a kind of rust colour.  I went 'mad' with loads of cans of spray 'Residual'  - Raid.  For months since spring there was no difference but I persevered with cans of  the red Raid spray.  From this thread I tried white vinegar spray but that did not seem to help.
Now I notice no Earwigs at all and just a few odd woodlice - since the cold weather.  In the morning before my heating comes on the kitchen, hall, bathroom and living room temperature is 15 centigrade - gradually rising to 22 centigrade in the evening when it goes off.

My question (or any help at all please) is:  Is it possible my loads of tins of residual spray have worked at last or do woodlice and Earwigs 'hibernate'or become less active in the winter?  Just once I was really upset when I found a quite big woodlouse crawling up my living room wallpaper.  I did not see but, from its direction, I think it came from the skirting board.

Sorry to be a wimp but I have no evidence of damp and would be pleased if the spray (loads of cans of it used now)  is finally working.  I thought of 'phoning Environment Health, just for advice, but I think they are only dealing with urgent problems just now.
... Glad of any information, thanks.

Retired Saver

-taff

Woodlice feed on rotting wood/paper/plant stuff and like it damp. Sounds as if you may have a problem behind the skirting boards.

Have alook here and see if you can do any of the things on the list

https://www.empirepestcontrol.co.uk/what-do-woodlice-eat/

[Deleted User]

I had replied and somehow lost the reply  before posting.
Thank you -taff.  I have looked at the link and will read again more fully to take it in.

It might be a big job if my skirting boards are rotten.  In the meantime I'll keep using the Raid spray to continue keeping the numbers low.  Thank you again for replying and for the helpful link, -taff.

Retired_Saver

[Deleted User]

I haved read the link more thoroughly, thanks, and will make a few changes to help in the short term - good excuse to turn the heating up a bit as I understand that may help.

Although the numbers are low now - maybe helped by the Raid spray - they are mostly not tiny but small.  The one big/biggest one was the one crawling up the living room wallpaper.  That really put the wind up me and I think I used about half a can of the red Raid spray all around the surrounding wall and skirting board - seriously.

There are some gaps (not big at all) at skirting board joints and I'll find something to fill them.

It's  a good start, -taff.  I have also learned a lot reading through all the previous posts.

Thank you again.

Retired_Saver

pelirocco

Galtizz said:

Nush wrote:

First of all I used my hairspray tin and a lighter as a make shift blow torch to kill all the buggers but then more came.

LMAO Blowtorches work on ants too, just lift patio slabs and burn, keeps them away for months if not years

Sorry, no helpful advise on the woodlice. I had a big problem with them in my front room. The skirting board and the carpet was damp so they kept coming up through the floor. I have replaced the carpet and the skirting board and filled in any gaps with a little bit of silicone and I haven't seen a woodlouce (sp?) or a spider in there for ages. Doesn't really help you unless you fill up every hole with silicone, which you probebly don't want to do. Sorry

Why on earth would you kill ants in the garden

-taff

No point asking them, they haven't been here since 2005.