In article ,
Carol Russell wrote:
Just an update.
I have now removed the ivy, there was one small birds nest but thousands of
woodlice and I would think that they may damage the tree.

By tickling it?

They live on soft, usually decaying, vegetable matter and cause no
harm in the garden except occasionally to seedlings (and not often
to them). They were merely sheltering.


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