Bugs in Wood Pile... OK?

[ClydesdaleBurner]

I've tried searching for a post on this but couldn't find any.

My question is about those bugs that look like mini armadillos. They're about a 1/2" long or so and have what looks like a back of armor on them, similar to the Armadillo. I found a ton of them living on the wood in the bottom of one of my piles. They don't appear to be eating the wood at all, at least not that I can see. So I was wondering should I try to rid them from my pile or can I leave them be?

Thanks

 

[RedRanger]

Leave`em, just don`t eat`em until fully cooked :lol:

 

[begreen]

pillbugs. I can find hundreds of them living under most planters on our patio.

They are part of nature's recycling crew. Actually not bugs at all, they're crustaceans.

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[n6crv]

When in my younger days we called then sow bugs. They would roll up into a ball and you could shoot them out of a pea shooter. They made a nice splat on a wall. The big ones you could use a sling shot.
Don

 

[sapratt]

My son calls them rolie polies. I found a bucket of dead ones in the garage he caught. I asked he about them and he said they were
his friends.

 

[fossil]

I have a few dead friends too...but I don't keep 'em in a bucket in the garage. :shut: Rick