Is the pill bug poisonous, and is it a pest or a beneficial insect? Methods to get rid of it in soil and at home

The pill bug generally refers to the woodlouse, also known as shufu, fupan, shugu, shunian, soil louse, and other names. So is the pill bug poisonous? Is it a pest or a beneficial insect? What does it eat? How do you get rid of it in soil and in the rooms of your home? According to insect enthusiast Xiaozhi, the pill bug itself is non-toxic and will not harm people, though since it crawls everywhere, it inevitably carries some bacteria. The pill bug is itself harmful, but it also has a beneficial side: it is harmful to people growing plants, but from the perspective of medicinal use it is beneficial. The pill bug generally eats decaying matter and dead plant remains, but it also eats the young roots and leaves of certain plants, and from this point of view it is a pest, yet the woodlouse can be used as medicine and is beneficial to people. It often burrows and hides under folded vegetable leaves to feed.

[Tips for getting rid of pill bugs]

1. For pill bugs in the soil

1. Control should be strengthened in vegetable plots near villages and along pond embankments and ditches. Do not leave weeds in the garden, and pile rotting grass on field ridges and between rows to trap and kill them.

2. Avoid applying incompletely decomposed organic fertilizer in vegetable plots.

3. In combination with controlling underground pests, spray for control: at the rapeseed seedling stage, when a large number of insects is found, begin spraying 25% Ikazhi emulsifiable concentrate at 1500 times dilution, or 20% Chongsijing wettable powder at 2000 times dilution, or 10% imidacloprid wettable powder at 2500 times dilution.

2. General methods

Material: edible salt (the kind bought from a store will do)

1. Dry out the area where you need to deal with the insects. It must not be exposed to water, as salt dissolves on contact with water.

2. Put the salt in a basin, and do not scatter it with your hands, especially if your hands are wet.

3. Scatter the salt from the basin onto the pill bugs. You can first use salt to draw a circle to prevent the pill bugs from running elsewhere.

4. The pill bugs will stop in the salt; wait half an hour, sweep them into a garbage bag with a broom, then build a fire and light it.

5. To prevent them from breeding again, scatter salt in suspicious spots, in large amounts, but also pay attention to other factors.

6. Keep the environment dry and clean.