Q:The bug in the picture I sent you was found scurrying in the bedroom of my country house near the Sacramento River. It was not on an animal or human. It is frisky and lively. I go to my house there ...

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Pick up a rock or a pile of old leaves, or dig in your compost heap. You’ll see them. They look like mini armadillos, and they even act like them. Sow (or pill) bugs are Ma Nature’s great digestive ...

Q: I have sow bugs all over the brick walkway to my house. It is a slalom course to get past them. I really don't want to injure them, but it's hard not to step on them. They are worse in the morning, ...

Pick up a rock or a pile of old leaves or dig in your compost heap. You’ll see them. They look like mini armadillos and even act like them. When they are afraid, they roll up into a protective ball. A ...

My neighbor needed to move a pile of bark left over from a wood delivery last fall and, luckily for me, asked whether I wanted to look through it before it was moved. We were, I suppose, looking for ...

Dear Jane: I have a problem with sow bugs (roly-polies) in my vegetable garden -- hundreds and hundreds of them. Last year, I had to replant several times because the seeds of my beans, cucumbers, ...