Pest Organisms / Common Pillbug
When Not To Treat
for Common Pillbug
A handful of pillbugs in a basement or garage rarely warrants pesticide; they dry out and die on their own within a few days away from moisture. Source: https://extension.missouri.edu/publications/g7362 In the yard and beds, the advice is to tolerate them where possible, since their decomposing role outweighs the occasional nibble on a seedling. Source: https://extension.umn.edu/insect-relatives/sowbugs-millipedes-and-centipedes