got zillions of woodlice on my plot.
good thing? ;D
or bad thing? :(
Tara xx
They eat decaying plant matter, and on the whole I'd say they're a good thing. They may possibly do occasional marginal damage, I'm not sure.
They need dark, damp places, so if you need to reduce the population then remove their hiding places. They do little damage in normal numbers outside, but in a greenhouse they can nibble off seedlings.
What do they do/
They give me the habdabs!!
They sort of pop and ooze a little.......but only on cooking :P
..........honest! It was on "Cook on the wild side".
so yo uhave another freee meal from the lottie. ;D
Icyberjunkie, that is G R O S S :o
Miniature armadillos!
Am I the only person (well, me and the kids) that call them choogypegs?
I saw that also Icy, Hugh FW was hoping they would go pink as they are a crusteacian (sp??!!)
If you have a shed and crossbearers touch the ground at all as soon as said
crossbearer shows anysign of damp they will start nibbling but no worry it
would take em bout 5 years to make any significant damage.... watched the guy
next doors fence slowly fall victim at my old place. I have eaten them on a
survival weekend thingy many many moons ago !!!!
needed ketchup I thought.... we wern't allowed ketchup :'(
You may well be EJ - I have never heard that name before. Iain
We call them cheesey bugs
we call them slaters.
i remember Hugh Fernley-Blah Blah said they were related to prawns & tasted like them~don't think i'll chance it
I am from Devon originally, E. J. and they call them chuggy PIGS there. i have also heard the term 'sow (as in female pig) bug' Still don't know if they are friend or foe for gardeners though! ;)
Well that is it then shallot. My family are from the fabulous north Devon coast, so I guess, over the years, it has changed from chuggypigs to choogypegs. ;D
choogypegs :o
Nah! mum called them cheese bugs
we also had goozgogs :-[ :-X :-\
silly mummy ;)
I always call them armadillos ;D
yes they do damage, thye nibbled all the woody part of my cordyline off and killed it!! >:(
Quote from: Andy H on August 02, 2005, 23:56:01
choogypegs :o
Nah! mum called them cheese bugs
we also had goozgogs :-[ :-X :-\
silly mummy ;)
Aren't Goosegogs gooseberries? I think they are in Lincs.
yES THEY ARE TO SILLY PEOPLE LIKE MUMMYKINS! ;D
Quote from: EJ - Emma Jane on July 29, 2005, 15:14:07
Am I the only person (well, me and the kids) that call them choogypegs?
We call them chippy pigs ;D Or Ohms (like from Naussica!)
Mostly harmless but one dark night I did see a bunch of them chomping on my runner beans!
Woodlice in my honest opinion are armless (but not leggless :D)
They do provide food for birds and frogs and toads
Hey my tip dont sow seeds next to a rotting lod or shed :D
The_Snail
We call them "grammarsows" in Cornwall.
I was trying to talk to someone here in London the other day about them but I couldn't remember their "real" name. He thought I was nuts ::)