Pill bugs are fascinating creatures, from their unique biology and behaviors to their important role in the ecosystem.

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The Lower Mainland of BC tends to enjoy very damp spring and early summer weather. This dampness creates the ideal habitat for Woodlice – often called sow bugs or pill bugs. These are the small, grey, segmented animals that can be found beneath rotting wood, garbage cans, plant pots, and so on. They gather, sometimes in large numbers, anywhere where moisture collects and lasts throughout the day. Woodlice are actually crustaceans of the suborder Oniscidea, and are more closely related to…

For some reason, there’s been a lot of hullaballoo about the potato bug lately. What is the potato bug and what is all the hullaballoo about?

Everything you want to know about Pill Bugs, Roly Polys, Sow Bugs, Woodlice, or Potato Bugs! Plus, fun science experiments!! #preschool

The woodlice with whom you share your garden – and your home – are creatures of extraordinary wonder. Marvel with Ian Morton at these little chaps.

Read on to learn more about the most common pests of the Pacific Northwest and how to control them in your yard, so you can get back to the more enjoyable activities that the warm season has to offer.

from wikipedia. A woodlouse (known by many common names: see below; plural woodlice) is a crustacean with a rigid, segmented, long exoskeleton and fourteen jointed limbs. Woodlice form the suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda, with over 3,000 known species. Woodlice in the genus Armadillidium can roll up into an almost perfect sphere as a defensive mechanism, hence some of the common names such as pill bug or roly-poly. Most woodlice, however, cannot do this. taken at kampung…

Spiny isopod custom I made using one of the smaller Dangomushi Woodlice from Bandai Japan 🙌🏼 I couldn't help myself