They have a preference for dark, damp tight hidden spaces. Throw in a buffet of sirloin steak and a baked potato, why would they go anyplace else? :)

We also have this problem and I suspect they get in through air bricks during the night, then get 'lost'. They then head for the darker places which is skirting board/carpet junction. they then dry out and die. They have gills for breathing air so the dry atmosphere indoors does for them.

I didn't know that they hagills,SBG. I run a cable under a door into the conservatory for a frost heater and tape it down. There are scores of dead woodlice beneath the tape.

Yes they do Bulba, they are crustaceans distantly related to crabs. But as they are land lubbers they need a damp environment to gain oxygen.

That's weird as the crevices I find them in - (all over the house) are quite dry. Our walls have no cavity, so no air bricks. If they need a damp environment that could explain why they are all dead... Harmless little things but I don't know what they find to their liking here! (Definitely no steak or baked potatoes...)

They are one of nature's decomposers simply doing their job. They feed on wood & leaf mold making rich compost to complete the cycle of life. I wouldn't see them unless I flipped over a log.

This is very helpful,as we sometimes see a woodlouse in the same corner of our Bedroom,between the Skirting board and carpet,under the Window,and often wondered why ! I assumed it had come in through the front door,and along the Hallway,and looked for a warm place to bed down for the night! It is definitely not damp,and I never see more than one at a time..Thank you for this :o)

Paul we value their contribution outside but why they come into die where there is no food or moisture is baffling.
I am seeing quite few young ones recently too.

a young one or a smaller species Stera. There are over 30 in the UK. :o))

I read somewhere that they are attracted to the smell of wall paper paste which is starch based. That would be a good food for them.

I don't know how or why they ended up in the house? All kinds of things meander into the house. At least they try to be inconspicuous. Last summer I had fire flies trapped in the house all night long. I felt like I was on the Las Vegas Strip.

Lol Paul! Well maybe I'd better paper a wall and see if that stops them dying all over the place! Seaburn I had no idea there are so many species!

It never occurred to me to kill them!They die peacefully down the edge of the skirting board and all you have to do is vacuum the gap from time to time...