Woodlice trap

I thought you would like to see how I made a woodlice trap. As soon as my strawberries ripen the woodlice bore into them so I set about trying to rid the area of them. This is the result. Please do not destroy them, put them somewhere else. They are good for the ground as they rid the soil of harmful chemicals.

[@JustJoey2017]

Thanks so much mate. That is a great idea! Just made 2 traps and fingers crossed. I might be able to eat some of my strawberries. Thanks again

[@TheropodHunter]

This is a great idea for those who collect woodlice as pets.

[@Lawrencerdb]

Thanks Bernie I've a major problem with woodlice, this is a great humane way to deal with them!

[@rockhardrockmetalpop]

Excellent idea, thanks very much Bernie, they have been attacking my silverbeet which seems a bit strange to me but i have so many holes in the leaves...cheers mate.

[@meehan302]

Wow! Bern you're on a winner there. Thanks very much for showing us how to trap wood rice. Best wishes Patrick

[@Bernieclark45]

+Patrick Meehan Your welcome.

[@jimyang7844]

Woodlice not only eat decayed plant but also seedlings. I have millions in my growbeds. They wipe all seedlings overnight in one growbed, and others will eat all my seedlings in a week if I dont kill them. They are NOT bugs to me, they are fk pest. I wish I could kill them all. For those NICE people I suppose you dont eat any animals and you dont kill any nasty bacteria on your body?

[@envueltoenplastico]

Great. Having a nightmare with woodlice and strawberries this year already. I didn't quite catch why you need to add a hole at the bottom.

[@kittencrazy2181]

I love ur ideas I might use one to catch woodlice if I find any 👍

[@peterpiper5300]

What do you do with them after?

[@Bernieclark45]

I put them in my compost bins.

[@paulhyland4653]

Thanks a million I put some vegetables scraps in the bottom as well and it works a treat. So glad not to have to use pesticides

[@Bernieclark45]

There is a woodlice killer but I don't want to add chemical to my ground or kill them, so I lift the tub and tip them out away from the plot.

[@freekeyforstrange2818]

Even though I like wood lice, this was still fun to watch

[@simbo57]

This looks really good, one problem, when you spread your compost they will be back. I put a lot of compost on some potato ground and the spuds got riddled with the blighters.

[@Bernieclark45]

+John Simpson. Your right hadnt thought of that

[@evaknight3437]

@@Bernieclark45 *you’re

[@comingoutaskate5268]

where are you from then?

[@lane8932]

Lol I'm watching this so I can catch my own and put them in a bioactive vivarium.

[@lori8018]

Rusty Irons me too.. I can never find enough.. so I bought some off ebay

[@rianbrady608]

Hah same I can’t find them anywhere

[@fleming4667]

Same!

[@ericyglesias6114]

Same, theyre frustratingly hard to find. Spend 30 mins in the forest digging for them and found 1-2..... This guys garden looks like gold to me

[@brandonfriesen9820]

Same here! hahaha

[@paulacannon3452]

thanks i am trying this this year these bloody bugs are eating everything in my garden even the new seeds i just put in .

[@mothershipterra4188]

Thanks

[@lori8018]

People who have reptiles and amphibians use woodlice (isopods) as tank janitors & food in their bio active vivariums. Could be another thing you harvest. I just bought some on EBay lol I just paid over $20 for 25 of a hard to find kind and another $25 for 75 of a common one that I run out of cause they get eaten by my pets.

[@BronzeOrwin]

careful, wild ones have parasites your animals might get contaminated with

[@angelamarchant4851]

I like wildlife but good for people with crops and vegys

[@Bernieclark45]

They eat my strawberries, bore holes in my squash and my peaches but dispight that I put them alive into my compost to eat that.

[@caralama08]

Bernie Clark Despite. 👍😉

[@alisongilbert1546]

I'm really tired of growing strawberries to feed woodlice too so I'll try this thanks 😊

[@sn232]

But wouldn't you then be reapplying them to your garden when you put the compost on your garden? I saw a man's video, he put 1 cup apple cider vinegar, 1/4 c water, a few drops of dish soap in a slope-sided wax-coated paper bowl and it killed hundreds overnight. Maybe try adding that to your cups?

[@emma24ism]

Woodlice make good chicken feed 🐓

[@FrogFromFog]

They also ating underground bulbs from my plants. People thing they do nothing bad! :(

[@solarybax2689]

Wood Lice!

[@eqisoftcom]

But there are still some crawling around... Apparently, they are not insects, so I wonder whether an insecticide would work on them.

[@ZomBeeNature]

I thought they only ate decomposing plants... Everyone, please watch my tiny nature videos. There is no talking in them. Shhh!

[@missdimples1982]

Woodlice are great for your garden, I don't understand why anyone wouldn't want them

[@ezeddiev]

@@missdimples1982 because they eat your fruits and vegetables before you harvest for yourself.

[@missdimples1982]

@@ezeddiev I never have this issue on my allotment, but I do keep compost bins so I guess they have enough of what they prefer, so avoid my produce

[@ezeddiev]

@@missdimples1982 its not that people don't want them it's they just don't want lots of them around certain crops more, I was in my garden the other evening and my potatoes where covered in them & they have been eating a lot of the leaf parts.

[@missdimples1982]

@@ezeddiev oh no! Little buggers. Maybe I have just been lucky. I do usually leave a sacrificial plant for the wildlife, so leave them a share. I know I have a lot of frog's and a large community of woodlice spider's, always see them hunting around too

[@deathsoulger1]

eat them bro .tastes like crayfish

[@Bernieclark45]

Think I will stick with prawns.

[@mariuszkieruzel4883]

you horrible person!! why would you kill bugs?, !

[@Bernieclark45]

If you listen I put them in my compost where they live happy

[@furi_dragon9206]

+Bernie Clark why don't you put them in the wild instead of trapping them in the compass bin would you like if we trap you in a compass bin

[@furi_dragon9206]

FOREVER

[@Bernieclark45]

I don't kill them I transfer them to my compost.

[@ravmok846]

i fucking kill them.... i will kill them over and over again, fucking little bugs eating all my strawberries...