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Armadillidium vulgare

Description:

Also known as sow bugs, pill bugs or roly-poly bugs. They curl up like an armadillo as a defense mechanism.

Habitat:

Moist woodland

Notes:

This was found on a cold winter day!

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Trees Indiana
Spotted by a stud ent at Trees Indiana

Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

Spotted on Dec 6, 2013
Submitted on Feb 13, 2014

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