How do i keep pill bugs from coming into the house from the patio?

Question

They are like little armadillors, whrn touched our squshed they roll into a ball.

Answer 1

I heard at some point that, like ants, they won't cross a line of coffee grounds..

Answer 2

The presence of sow bugs or pill bugs  in the living quarters of a home is an indication high moisture conditions. This condition will also contribute to a number of other problems including mildew, wood rot and a good breeding environment for other insects.

Reduce moisture or humidity level indoors. Use bathroom fans, stove hood vent fans, vent clothes dryers outside.  Crawl spaces and attics need to be well ventilated.  

Remove excess vegetation and debris around exterior perimeter of the home. Make sure that leaf debris (leaves hold moisture and hide the bugs) is cleaned up from around the outside of your house.  Keep rain gutters and downspouts clean and in good repair.  

Instead of chemicals, use a caulking gun to close any cracks or crevices at or near ground level.  Houses  built  on a concrete slab poured directly on the ground, can have more of a problem with sow bugs or pill bugs if there is no moisture barrier under the concrete.



Built-in planters are usually a bad idea for many reasons. Window box planters and planter boxes on decks tight against the house are good breeding places for many bugs.

Make sure all your doors (ground level, to the outside) are weather-stripped.  If your garage is attached or integral with the house, make sure those doors are properly weather-stripped also.

  

Watch for obvious moisture problems in the garage and bottom level.

Keep soil levels well below structural wood around the home.

A perimeter pesticide spray may help break the cycle for a short time but will not eliminate the problem permanently.

Remember, if you don't solve the moisture problem, the bugs will return no matter what chemicals you use, or how much you use them.

This is a very cheap and effective way to control the problem. Simply buy multiple Tomcat house glue pest boards and place them in areas where you see the little pest the most. It won't stop them from getting in but you can keep them contained and clean up is neat and painless. This is the best solution by far, try it and see.

Answer 3

call an exterminator?