Woodlice are easily eliminated with insecticidal sprays and dusts. It is adviseable to wear suitable protective clothing when dealing with any pest, masks, goggles, coveralls and gloves are available from the Pest Control Direct website.
When applying insecticidal powders and sprays, keep children and pets away from the area until surfaces are totally dry. Apply powders to areas out of reach of children and pets.
Pesticide sprays such as Pro-Active C for Woodlice, are very effective in killing woodlice however, treament indoors alone will probably not control the problem totally. Woodlice originate from outdoors and to gain good and effective control, you will need to take action outside the home in addition to internal control measures.
Ensure that you eliminate damp areas in your home by either heating more effectively or stopping leaking taps or water dripping through poorly fitted worktops, baths and sinks. Seal as many gaps as you can find with a good sealant and ensure door draught excluders are not damaged.
If your apartment is damp, try a dehumidifier to take some of the moisture out of the air.
Wood moulding on the floor is commonly called baseboard. This is just to hide where the wall almost meets the floor...with a neat even strip.. They are usually nailed on. so can easily be removed(and that I would do especially if it is wet there. The problem is the actual wall stud base plate(a base plate is a 2x4 laying in or on the cement and bolted to it.) The studs are nailed to it to make the wall and then it is sheeted on the outside and on the inside. Water is entering the dwelling from the outside rains or garden watering against the house. You plug from the outside. Even if it means digging a ditch to get down to the bottom of the wall or the footing. Then wash dirt off the wall quickly with garden hose and let that dry and brush on sealing tar onto the cement as you will see the cracks. Sealing tar will last 100 years plus. No more water entry issue. Then inside I would have a pistol hair dryer just sitting on the floor(or even a cold air desk fan) blowing air to the wall to get the wood and wall dry. Then after a few days or a week, nail the baseboards back on.
WAY BEFORE stuffing insecticide in my living space. Bug poison stuff attacks the nervous system and humans have a nervous system so you are a bug. Poison does not discriminate.
You will go blind, lose your weeny, go insane, etc.
Try Liquid Dishsoap mixed with water say 1/10 ratio in a "Plant misting" bottle and soak the suckers if you see them. The soap clogs pores in the insects skin. Those pores are their nostrils, so they can't breathe and die Or try "Windex" glass cleaner or some liquid that is blue. That may do the damage to the bug. (I know it is nasty on wasps and hornets using a direct stream like a water pistol.) It basically works the same way. Neither chemical will harm you in small amounts - insecticide will.
Wood lice are there where the wood is already rotten and is moist.
. I just googled up a picture of them. If soil is against the house clear it away. Put a handful of gravel there instead. Wood lice do not like the airy dry gravel.
Habitat
wherever cool, dark, moist places are available to shelter woodlice from dryness and heat during the day
Food
Plant material, usually dead.
They are a worldwide bug that look like a military tank. Don't seem to do much. Found lots on the west coast woods of North America
Size 9 shoe really bites -they is dead. Vacuum cleaner is also not their friend.
Until the moisture problem is solved, keep the baseboards off the outer walls, same goes for the flower garden right against the house...gravel the last 3 inches wide to below the wood wall. or tar it and put the dirt back to cover the black tar.
I currently live in a basement apartment. Every time I go in my bathroom there is at least 3-4 wood louse there, they seem to be coming from under the mouldings on the floor. My apartment is quite damp, if I lay bread out on the counter it'll be kind of soggy by the next day. I've tried spraying my house with insecticide and it killed some but a few days later more where back. I've found them in my shower , in my shoes and a half hour ago I found one in my bed so I'll be sleeping on the couch tonight. Also my place is very clean. I'm very angry about this to the point where I want to move but unfortunately I can't. I know that you will see a bug or two in your house every now and then but not like this, so how do I get rid of them?
