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Doodle Bug ?!

Spotting Image 1

Description:

My son found this one on our porch, it's having babies! Never seen that before!

1 Species ID Suggestions

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Aaron_G
Aaron_G 12 years ago
Order Isopoda Order Isopoda - Isopods - BugGuide.Net


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8 Comments

Bernadette S
Bernadette S 12 years ago

Interesting!

misako
misako 12 years ago

cool!

EmilyMarino
EmilyMarino 12 years ago

Wow, super gross! lol! I've never seen this before! Next time I see a rolly polly, I will flip them over to look for babies!

LisaFP
LisaFP 12 years ago

Thanks for the info!

Liam
Liam 12 years ago

I think it's a Pill Bug or Woodlouse (a type of crustacean). According to Wiki: "A female woodlouse will keep fertilised eggs in a marsupium on the underside of her body until they hatch into small, white offspring. The mother then appears to "give birth" to her offspring."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlouse#D...

LisaFP
LisaFP 12 years ago

Thanks for my macro lens I could get this close!

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KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

How interesting!
I've moved this to arthropods for you.

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Aaron_G
Aaron_G 12 years ago

Now THAT is my favorite image of the day! :-)

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LisaFP
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LisaFP

Texas, USA

Spotted on Mar 3, 2012
Submitted on Mar 3, 2012

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