interesting facts about the pill bug. The pill bug is also known as sowbugs‚ woodlice‚ or by their scientific name Armadillidiidae vulgare . Some of their physical characteristics include a hard black‚ brown‚ or gray shell (depending on the species being studied)‚ sharply angled antennae‚ seven pairs of legs‚ flattened or round-backed profile and an oval shape. Their head has 4 pairs of mouthparts and is followed by the 7 main trunk segments‚ which bear the walking limbs. Pill bugs only grow from 0.2 inches
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Assessment The structural features of the pill bug allows it to have advantages over other organisms. The pillbugs multi-segmented body allows it to roll into a ball if it feels threatened or in danger in order to protect its self. Another advantage of have a multi-segmented body is it allows the pillbug to semi curl to flip its self back over if it is knocked down. The antennae is used to sense the environment around it‚ even if it is in ball shape form. The advantages of this is the pillbug
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Introduction These species are commonly known as pill bugs; they are terrestrial crustaceans that are oval shaped and a little flat. Pill bugs live in gardens‚ fields‚ forests or any region that is moist and are most likely found under rocks. The reason behind as to why isopods prefer a moist area is because they don’t have a good waterproofing cuticle wax‚ which causes them to dry out easily (“Critter Catalog‚" n.d.‚ para. 8). Pill bugs are also known as “roly-polies” because of their ability to
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I aroused with a thumping headache‚ hoping my situation was just a deplorable dream. I was out of fortuity; I was stuck in the middle of the forest with Maple‚ the trail horse. I took a deep breath‚ stood up and held my phone to the empyrean. No bars‚ how typical I mentally conceived. I ambulated around in circles for a couple of minutes endeavoring to cerebrate of an orchestration. I took a visual examination of Maple eating wild grass‚ all of the sudden I decided that I was going to make the best
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based on Climate‚ Light‚ and Surface Abstract Pill bugs‚ (also named sow or potato bugs) are terrestrial crustaceans that consume decomposed leaves or other plants. In the lab performed on September 24‚ 2010‚ animal behavior of the isopods was recorded‚ specifically in the climate that they preferred. Various climates situations such as Light vs. Dark‚ Hot vs. Cold‚ and Wet vs. Dry were tested and observed. The results came back with the pill bugs favoring dark‚ wet environments. However the data
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Introduction to Buddhism Teacher Resource Guide By Kat Harrington Georgetown University East Asia National Resource Center An Introduction to Buddhism Buddhism is the practice of following the Buddha’s teachings with the goal of achieving ‘enlightenment’ and reaching nirvana. The core precept of Buddhism is that life is suffering brought on by humans’ attachments and desire‚ and that one must shed his or her attachments and be without desire in order to transcend life’s suffering. Buddhism
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INTRODUCTION Pill bugs are most typically found in an outside environment and studies suggest that they prefer to live in a certain environment. This certain environment is moist‚ and in order to remain most it is most likely dark and cool as oppose to dry and hot. That is why most often when you turn over a large rock that hasn’t been disturbed in a while you will find pill bugs making shelter underneath of it. When pill bugs cannot have a habitat that provides them with enough moisture they
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Pill bugs are knows as woodlice‚sowbugs‚ and roly-polies.Despite the name Pill bugs aren’t actually “bugs” they are classified as terrestrial isopods and fall under the class Crustacea.This class also falls under an even larger group called Arthropoda. Arthropoda consists of many Arthropods that have bilateral symmetry‚segmented bodies‚exoskeletons‚jointed appendages‚and numerous pairs of limbs.Pill bugs also have a flattened or round-backed profile‚seven pairs of legs‚ and sharply-angled antennae
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to environmental factors? For example‚ a chameleon will change colors to hide from predators. Bears hibernate in the winter to conserve energy because of the food shortages. Likewise‚ pill bugs avoid light and try to make homes in dark‚ damp environments and eat decaying plant and animal matter. The reason pill bugs prefer dark and damp environments is because they behave negatively to phototaxis‚ which is the response to light‚ and have a partially positive behavior towards hydrotaxis‚ which is the
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Science Observation Results Essay (Living Organism) For this project I had observed the coolest bug balls on earth‚ the roly- poly. They are commonly known as the roly-poly‚ also pill bug‚ and wood lice. Its scientific name is Armadilidum vulgare. It is actually not an insect‚ it is an isopod ( a type of arthropod). It’s genus is Armadilidum‚ it’s Phylum is Arthopoda‚ and Subphylum is Crustacea. I have observed that the exoskeleton is a blue-gray‚ it is an invertebrate‚ it’s mouth‚ antennae
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