Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Common Pill Bug

Armadillidiidium vulgare

Description:

The pill bug that we found is a little chubby, brown and black, striped,hard exoskeleton and a soft squishy inner body and anntenae.

Habitat:

Found under rocks woodpiles and fallen trees. They also like to live in damp places.

Notes:

Entered by Group 7

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

11 Comments

elmschool14
elmschool14 7 years ago

#FUN FACT: Did you know that these bugs are also called Rolly Pollys

elmschool15
elmschool15 7 years ago

Olivia, It is called a common pill bug (Armadillidiidium Vulgare) or a
roly-poly in the Midwestern U.S.

elmschool5
elmschool5 7 years ago

The pill bug was very big its not just the picture.

elmschool14
elmschool14 7 years ago

Who found it?

elmschool1
elmschool1 7 years ago

long scientific name

elmschool2
elmschool2 7 years ago

this is an awesome pic!

elmschool10
elmschool10 7 years ago

It looks BIG but cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

elmschool17
elmschool17 7 years ago

I like your find! it is very big and I like it!

elmschool5
elmschool5 7 years ago

That is really neat. What is it calld


Says Olivia

elmschool5
elmschool5 7 years ago

that's me too!

elmschool15
elmschool15 7 years ago

That's us!

Our School
Spotted by
Our School

Wyoming, Ohio, USA

Spotted on May 24, 2016
Submitted on May 31, 2016

Spotted for Mission

Related Spottings

Pill woodlouse Common pill bug Pill Bug Pill Bug

Nearby Spottings

Grey Squirrel Fly Katydid Spider
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team