In article b6537c6a01e8feaaa4a4aaa81514de73@TeraNews, andrew writes:
| Every time I lift anything in the garden at least when the thing is
| resting on a hard surface I see lots of wood lice scuttling away. Are
| the harmful or friendly?
| I also manage to get them into my compost bins when I am depositing
| handfuls of cut grass which I had previously scraped from my rotating
| mower and left to dry out.

They are harmless scavengers on rotting vegetation, and should be
ignored. They are crustaceans, and can be eaten, incidentally;
please tell us if you summon up the courage to try! They VERY,
VERY rarely damage seedlings, but it can happen.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.