Do you think they’re eating your pineapple because there are marks on the plant that looks like it’s getting eaten or just because you saw them there. Rolly pollys/pill bugs (which these are) are primarily detritivores, meaning they eat dead plant material like leaf litter. If they get overpopulated or get low on their primary food source they’ll start eating living plants, but I’ve never seen or heard of them eating bromeliads like pineapple because they are so tough.
They’re there because it’s super damp inside the plant, which they love
s0cks_nz on
Slaters or woodlice is what we call them. They eat decomposing shit but like to live in cool damp areas. I guess the end of your pineapple plant is perfect home.
Oona22 on
try using Neem oil
FluidProfessional841 on
Vacuum 😇
Miami_Cracker on
Isopods. They are not hurting the plant
scusemelittleoldlady on
In nature, bromeliads (like pineapples) collect water and decaying organic matter in their leaf axils. The plant can absorb water and nutrients from the leaf axils, which also support lots of small animals, mostly insects. The isopods are probably eating decaying leaves and other organic matter in the axils and staying moist in there, they generally don’t eat live plants.
Lexical3 on
So, you have an insect pest, but it’s not the pillbugs pictured here. They are eating damaged and decaying tissue that is present because an actual pest is attacking. They may even be protecting it from disease by consuming the matter that would otherwise grow mold/bacteria.
I would do a thorough search, especially underside of the leaves.
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Pill bugs?
Roly-poly
Do you think they’re eating your pineapple because there are marks on the plant that looks like it’s getting eaten or just because you saw them there. Rolly pollys/pill bugs (which these are) are primarily detritivores, meaning they eat dead plant material like leaf litter. If they get overpopulated or get low on their primary food source they’ll start eating living plants, but I’ve never seen or heard of them eating bromeliads like pineapple because they are so tough.
They’re there because it’s super damp inside the plant, which they love
Slaters or woodlice is what we call them. They eat decomposing shit but like to live in cool damp areas. I guess the end of your pineapple plant is perfect home.
try using Neem oil
Vacuum 😇
Isopods. They are not hurting the plant
In nature, bromeliads (like pineapples) collect water and decaying organic matter in their leaf axils. The plant can absorb water and nutrients from the leaf axils, which also support lots of small animals, mostly insects. The isopods are probably eating decaying leaves and other organic matter in the axils and staying moist in there, they generally don’t eat live plants.
So, you have an insect pest, but it’s not the pillbugs pictured here. They are eating damaged and decaying tissue that is present because an actual pest is attacking. They may even be protecting it from disease by consuming the matter that would otherwise grow mold/bacteria.
I would do a thorough search, especially underside of the leaves.
triple action neem oil 2oz per gallon blast them
Friends not foes
Isopods! Oh my god so cute
Iaopods – nature’s cleaners.
[https://youtu.be/tTd9Gna50ls?list=RDtTd9Gna50ls&t=58](https://youtu.be/tTd9Gna50ls?list=RDtTd9Gna50ls&t=58)
Hope you found out what this is. Can’t find what kind of bug this one, theres all diff kinds i see
Potato bugs/ rolly pollys