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Pill Bug (Isopoda)
Prevalence : Widespread |
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Appearance
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Not more than 3/4 inch long; thorax composed of seven hard overlapping
plates with seven pairs of legs; only pill bugs are able to roll up into
a ball. |
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Habits :
Prefer moist locations; found under
objects on damp ground; mostly nocturnal; sometimes found in basements
and ground levels of structures. |
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Diet :
Decaying vegetable matter. |
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Reproduction
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Female gives birth to between 24 and 28
young per brood; usually on e to three generations a year; may live as
long as two years. |
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Other Information
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Pill bugs and related sow bugs are the only
crustaceans that have become completely adapted to living their whole
life on land. |
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