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Can anyone identify this "pest"? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by Jtee to c/gardening

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Hello!

My wife and I just put in a ton of hardwork getting our gardens renewed, only to find something has immediately started to eat the seedlings we planted.

Can anyone help us identify this plant eater? Looks like a tiny isopod/pillbug to me.

We live in southern Ontario, Canada.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlouse

aka, you've got crabs

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And I’ve got a new word

roll up into a roughly spherical shape (conglobate)

[–] verity_kindle 5 points 7 months ago

Today I learned! Cool! Use it in a sentence this week.

[–] essteeyou 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I dig holes around my plants and sink plastic cups into the holes, leaving the rims at ground level. Woodlice fall into the cups, and then I can give them to my chickens. It doesn't catch them all, but it seems to give my plants a fighting chance.

[–] verity_kindle 3 points 7 months ago

My chickens won't touch them , but will greedily eat all other garden dwellers, caterpillars, grubs, etc. 1/10, defective hens, should I turn them into tendies?