Pest Organisms / Common Pillbug
Treatment
for Common Pillbug
Chemical control is seldom necessary. Start with sanitation and exclusion: strip decaying vegetation and clippings from the soil near the foundation and caulk entry points. Source: https://extension.missouri.edu/publications/g7362 Lead with moisture management, since trimming irrigation and keeping organic matter back from the structure strips away the damp conditions pillbugs need; tolerance is the default where their decomposer role is valued. Source: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/home-and-landscape/pillbugs-and-sowbugs/ Source: https://extension.umn.edu/insect-relatives/sowbugs-millipedes-and-centipedes Reach for a pesticide only after the non-chemical steps have been tried and failed to hold a population back, and then only where activity persists. Source: https://extension.umn.edu/insect-relatives/sowbugs-millipedes-and-centipedes Source: https://extension.missouri.edu/publications/g7362