Pill Bugs in Garden: Not Plant Eaters

Novice gardener: Pill bugs under potted herbs. Slugs eating leaves. Could pill bugs be culprits?

Pill Bugs (Sow Bugs) = Detritivores

See livingwithbugs.com/slugs.html for least-toxic slug control (iron phosphate bait, beer traps, copper tape, diatomaceous earth).

Pill bugs are harmless clean-up crew.

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