"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
"George.com" writes:
|
| Woodlice generally eat dead leaves and plant material in the soil,
| shouldn't
| do any harm but an easy way to get rid of them is to spread out the
| compost
| and leave it dry out / get warmed by the sun. The woodlice will
depart.
| Paul D.
|
| and they (along with other beetles) also apparently help move
beneficial
| bacteria around compost piles. Very beneficial around compost.

Obligatory pedantry: they aren't beetles; they aren't even insects in
the modern sense; they are crustaceans.

thank you for your pedantic correction of my honest naivety. I was actually
searching for the term arthropods.

rob