Hi Everyone,

There are zillions of these bugs in our yard under bricks and stones and also next to concrete walls and the sidewalk. Can you help us identify them and control them? Any help would be very much appreciated. The bug is about 1/4" long with between 10 and 20 legs. We are in Pittsburgh, PA in the US. Here are links to two pictures:

http://www.angelfire.com/folk/donand...et_-_Belly.JPG
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/donand...lmet_-_Top.JPG

Thanks,

--
Don and Marcy

In article XRuIe.9948$GN5.1018@trndny08,
says...
Hi Everyone,

There are zillions of these bugs in our yard under bricks and stones and also next to concrete walls and the sidewalk.
Can you help us identify them and control them? Any help would be very much appreciated. The bug is about 1/4" long
with between 10 and 20 legs. We are in Pittsburgh, PA in the US. Here are links to two pictures:

http://www.angelfire.com/folk/donand...et_-_Belly.JPG
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/donand...lmet_-_Top.JPG

Thanks,


Sow bugs and probably have a lot of pill bugs too. When I get calls
like your description in the average yard it is usually traced back to a
build up grass clippings along with too much moisture. Another scenario
could be if your property is surrounded by "woods" and you have been hit
with day after day of excessive heat, they may be migrating to find more
moist areas. If they are traced back to specific areas you can treat the
area with any general insecticide, but that will only stop them there,
chances are there are numerous locations that would have to be
found...if it is the case of them migrating from outside the yard
treating for them would not be practical. Anything you used would only
be effective for a short period of time and chances are by the time you
reapplied several weeks in a row the conditions that caused them would
be over and they will of taken care of themselves on their own anyway. A
treatment around the foundation and entry ways to the home along with
making sure you have good weather stripping on the doors may reduce them
being found inside.
--
Lar

to email....get rid of the BUGS

Are people in Pittsburgh really that dumb?

If the critter has between 10 and 20 legs, it most certainly isn't a "bug".

Insects always have six legs. No more, no less.

Run for the hills, its a crustacean!!!

Its commonly incorrectly called a "sow bug" or a "pill bug", probably by someone from Pittsburgh.


"Don and Marcy" wrote in message news:XRuIe.9948$GN5.1018@trndny08...
Hi Everyone,

There are zillions of these bugs in our yard under bricks and stones and also next to concrete walls and the sidewalk. Can you help us identify them and control them? Any help would be very much appreciated. The bug is about 1/4" long with between 10 and 20 legs. We are in Pittsburgh, PA in the US. Here are links to two pictures:

http://www.angelfire.com/folk/donand...et_-_Belly.JPG
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/donand...lmet_-_Top.JPG

Thanks,

--
Don and Marcy

Thanks Lar and Cereus-validus for the good information. We appreciate it.

--
Don and Marcy

"Cereus-validus......." wrote in message t...
Are people in Pittsburgh really that dumb?

If the critter has between 10 and 20 legs, it most certainly isn't a "bug".

Insects always have six legs. No more, no less.

Hey Einstein, if they're not bugs, why are they called SOW BUG or PILL BUG ?
Run for the hills, its a crustacean!!!

Its commonly incorrectly called a "sow bug" or a "pill bug", probably by someone from Pittsburgh.

Oh, I see, that just sounds like sour grapes to me. Anyway, thanks. We do appreciate the information, even with the cheap shot at our town.


"Don and Marcy" wrote in message news:XRuIe.9948$GN5.1018@trndny08...
Hi Everyone,

There are zillions of these bugs in our yard under bricks and stones and also next to concrete walls and the sidewalk. Can you help us identify them and control them? Any help would be very much appreciated. The bug is about 1/4" long with between 10 and 20 legs. We are in Pittsburgh, PA in the US. Here are links to two pictures:

http://www.angelfire.com/folk/donand...et_-_Belly.JPG
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/donand...lmet_-_Top.JPG

Thanks,

--
Don and Marcy

In article t8zIe.8182$r12.1342@trndny04, "Don and Marcy"
wrote:

Hey Einstein, if they're not bugs, why are they called SOW BUG or =
PILL BUG ?
Run for the hills, its a crustacean!!!

Its commonly incorrectly called a "sow bug" or a "pill bug", probably =
by someone from Pittsburgh.


Don't you mean Pittsbug?

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liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot." -Thomas Jefferson

In article ,
"Cereus-validus......." wrote:

Are people in Pittsburgh really that dumb?

If the critter has between 10 and 20 legs, it most certainly isn't a "bug".

Insects always have six legs. No more, no less.

Are you implying that all insects are bugs? Where are you from? Only
insects of the order Hemiptera are classified as true bugs.

So what part of Pittsburgh are you from Marky Mark, you stink bugger?

True bugs are a group of insects but not the other way around.

Cockroaches are not bugs.


"Mark Herbert" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"Cereus-validus......." wrote:

Are people in Pittsburgh really that dumb?

If the critter has between 10 and 20 legs, it most certainly isn't a
"bug".

Insects always have six legs. No more, no less.

Are you implying that all insects are bugs? Where are you from? Only
insects of the order Hemiptera are classified as true bugs.

Well Biff and Muffin, killing everything that moves is best left to the
government, after all the only thing they seem very good at is
violence.
Is this your first venture below the fifth floor of your condo?
Life as we know it is not yet extinct on this planet, you can help keep
it that way.
As for controlling them good luck, they won't sit, stay ,come, or heel
when ordered about. And they won't harm you any either.

Don and Marcy wrote:
Hi Everyone,

There are zillions of these bugs in our yard under bricks and stones and
also next to concrete walls and the sidewalk. Can you help us identify
them and control them?

Looks like a Kanter bug. If it breeds it will destroy your crops, home,
and life as you know it. There is no controlling it.

Don't go crying to Cheech and Chong, you Big Bamboo.

That's what happens when you Bogart all the doobies, dude.

May some Chinaman **** all over your rug.


wrote in message
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Well Biff and Muffin, killing everything that moves is best left to the
government, after all the only thing they seem very good at is
violence.
Is this your first venture below the fifth floor of your condo?
Life as we know it is not yet extinct on this planet, you can help keep
it that way.
As for controlling them good luck, they won't sit, stay ,come, or heel
when ordered about. And they won't harm you any either.

What's that, Ben Dover?


"G Henslee" wrote in message
...
Don and Marcy wrote:
Hi Everyone,
There are zillions of these bugs in our yard under bricks and stones and
also next to concrete walls and the sidewalk. Can you help us identify
them and control them?

Looks like a Kanter bug. If it breeds it will destroy your crops, home,
and life as you know it. There is no controlling it.

Cereus-validus....... wrote:
What's that, Ben Dover?


"G Henslee" wrote in message
...

Don and Marcy wrote:

Hi Everyone,
There are zillions of these bugs in our yard under bricks and stones and
also next to concrete walls and the sidewalk. Can you help us identify
them and control them?

Looks like a Kanter bug. If it breeds it will destroy your crops, home,
and life as you know it. There is no controlling it.




That's a little red ball, ya leg humpin' bitch. Chase it some more.

In article ,
"Cereus-validus......." wrote:

So what part of Pittsburgh are you from Marky Mark, you stink bugger?

I live in Albuguerque.

True bugs are a group of insects but not the other way around.

Cockroaches are not bugs.


"Mark Herbert" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"Cereus-validus......." wrote:

Are people in Pittsburgh really that dumb?

If the critter has between 10 and 20 legs, it most certainly isn't a
"bug".

Insects always have six legs. No more, no less.

Are you implying that all insects are bugs? Where are you from? Only
insects of the order Hemiptera are classified as true bugs.

On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 14:44:54 GMT, "Cereus-validus......."
wrote:

Hey why aren't you in AZ?

tomski
Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets. To plant a pine, one need only own a shovel.
-- Aldo Leopold

Only two people from our area went and I wasn't one of them.

Soaring costs and the "usual suspects" as speakers didn't seem to make the
long trip worth all the trouble.


"Tom Jaszewski" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 14:44:54 GMT, "Cereus-validus......."
wrote:

Hey why aren't you in AZ?

tomski
Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets. To plant a
pine, one need only own a shovel.
-- Aldo Leopold