Re: Viola eating insects/pill bugs

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• Subject: Re: Viola eating insects/pill bugs
• From: c* h* <b*@micron.net>
• Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 18:57:49 -0700
• References: <199707172034.PAA19678@kaizen.austx.tandem.com> <33CF8FB5.EA9@idcnet.com>

My experience has been when the season is early(spring)sow/pill bugs can
be very destructive.They can and will eat any young foliage to sustain
themselves until the season becomes more favorable to their survival.My
violas ,especially the flowers are particular favorites of theirs as
well as pansies and violets.
Their numbers dictate how much of a problem they will be even into the
prime growing season(especially if you mulch your plants or adjacent
areas where they can hide until *supper time where upon they seek out
the tenderest growth of veggie,flowers you name it.)However I have never
know them to eat huge areas out of the chosen item only enough to
cosmetically ruin it but never kill or strip a plant.Wouldnt a video
camera come in handy and you could identify the culprit beyond a shadow
of a doubt? 





Barb Pernacciaro wrote:
> 
> It may or may not be sowbugs on the violas; I sort of doubt it. I've
> done a little surfing (I swear you can find anything on the web) and
> found that they primarily eat decaying vegetation. Also found this:
> 
> >L-1735  Sowbugs and Pillbugs
> 
> >1978    Texas Agricultural Extension Service
> 
> >Author(s):  Philip Hamman
> 
> >Sowbugs and pillbugs normally live outdoors and occasionally feed on
> >young plants.  They may also enter homes.  Sanitation is the most
> >effective control measure.  Eliminating yard waste and trash around
> >houses will control these pests.  Caulking and weather stripping
> >around doors, windows and cracks in foundations will keep them from
> >entering homes.
> 
> and also drawings and more complete info at:
> http://hammock.ifas.ufl.edu/tmp/pillbugs.html
> 
> Barb P.
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