Armadillidiidae is a family of woodlice‚ a terrestrial crustacean group in the order Isopoda. Unlike members of other woodlouse families‚ members of this family can roll into a ball‚ ability they share with the outwardly similar but unrelated pill millipedes and other animals. It is this ability which gives woodlice in this family their common name of pill bugs‚[1] doodle bugs‚ or roly polies. The best-known species in the family is Armadillidium vulgare‚ the common pill bug. The Classification
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlouse A woodlouse is a crustacean with a rigid‚ segmented‚ long exoskeleton and fourteen jointed limbs. Woodlice form the suborderOniscidea within the order Isopoda‚ with over 3‚000 known species. The woodlouse has a shell-like exoskeleton‚ which it must progressively shed as it grows. The moult takes place in two stages; the back half is lost first‚ followed two or three days later by the front. This method of moulting is different from that of most arthropods
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Instructions for AP BIOLOGY Investigation 12-Fruit Fly Behavior *We will be using Roly-polies (Armadillidium vulgare) to study animal behavior instead of fruit flies. They are members of a family of woodlice in the order Isopoda that are able to roll into a ball. When writing up this lab‚ substitute A. vulgare or “roly-poly” or “pillbug” for Drosophila melanogaster throughout. **You still have to know the basics of fruit fly behavior‚ so be sure to read the lab carefully and save the lab handout
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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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A Pill Bugs Preference to a Rough and Smooth Environment The experiment that I decided to look into‚ was finding out if an Armadillidium vulgar‚ also known as a pill bug‚ would have a preference to the two types of environments that I had decided to experiment with. The two types of habitats that I choose were saran wrap which is smooth and sandpaper that is rough. How I set up this test was I had a choice chamber with a barrier in the middle that had a little door cut out of the bottom center
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Animal Behavior in Isopods 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
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Student Name: Amaan Rushdi Lab Partner Name: Dylan Course: BIOL 123 Lab Instructor: Megan Grandinetti Sowbug behavior on environment -lab report What area does the sowbugs prefer to choose for their dwelling? Abstract By working with physical isopods‚ ordinarily known as pill bugs‚ sow bugs or roly- polies‚ we tried whether these sowbugs favored a dark spot to a light place. Included in the lab are a few outlines and tables sketching out our aftereffects of the test. We measured recurrence
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Observing and Analyzing the Behaviors of Daphnia‚ Pill Bugs‚ Amoeba and Uglena Under Certain Experimental Conditions Testing Reactions to Gravity‚ Light and Food Jacob Kluth and Kelsey Jankowski Introduction This lab has introduced the use of daphnia‚ pill bugs‚ amoeba and Uglena. We the AP Biology students were first introduced to the test subjects to test his or her capability of handling living organisms for upcoming science experiments. The AP Biology students were asked to create original
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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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Food Preferences in the Sow Bug (Porcellio Laevis) Purpose The purpose of this experiment is to determine what kind of food the sow bug prefers; decaying leaves‚ potatoes‚ grapes‚ or sow bug food. Hypothesis If a sow bug is placed in a choice tray‚ and has access to decaying leaves‚ potatoes‚ grapes‚ and sow bug food‚ the sow bug will choose the decaying leaves over its other options. This hypothesis was based on research stating that a sow bug’s main food source is decaying vegetation. This
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