I don’t know about you, but when I was a kid, I LOVED finding pill bugs randomly outside. You know, these guys that you’ve seen, like, EVERYWHERE in Texas and beyond.
I would run over and pick them up and watch them curl into a ball in my hand before gently placing them back in the grass. They were the only bug that I ever felt brave enough holding since they don’t bite, and the last time I checked, they don’t have a secret poison gland that they haven’t told anyone about.
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How and Why Pill Bugs Enter a Texas Home
As spring cleaning comes to an end in Lubbock and high school seniors prepare to head off to college, furniture, clothes, and other things around the house that may have been sitting for a while are moved. During this time, certain bugs decide it’s the perfect opportunity to make themselves at home as well.
Well, thanks to help from Truly Nolen, a pest control company who operates heavily in Lubbock, we can see signs that suggest these little rolly-polly bugs are indeed causing a ruckus in your home.
First, a dead giveaway for pill bug infestations is if you have areas in or around your home with high moisture, like beneath flower pots, mulch, stones or door thresholds…