Pest Organisms / Common Pillbug
Risks
for Common Pillbug
Pillbugs are safe to have around. They neither bite people nor spoil stored food, and they leave clothing, furniture, and other belongings untouched. Source: https://extension.umn.edu/insect-relatives/sowbugs-millipedes-and-centipedes Health and finances stay unaffected, as the species carries no economic or medical threat for households. Source: https://extension.missouri.edu/publications/g7362 A home's structure is in no danger either; indoors, the nuisance of spotting one is the whole problem. Source: https://extension.missouri.edu/publications/g7362 Outdoors is where any real harm appears, as pillbugs gnaw seedlings, soft plant tissue, and produce resting on wet ground. Source: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/home-and-landscape/pillbugs-and-sowbugs/