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Pill Bug/Roly Poly

Armadillidium vulgare

Description:

-Bluish-Grey -Exoskeleton helps them roll up into ball -Head, abdomen, thorax -Size of a fish bowl pebble

Habitat:

-Somewhere dark and moist -If not in dark and moist envionment, could die -Logs and rocks

Notes:

-Roll in ball for self defense -Considered pests, though harmless -Can be helpful to environmental because they eat stink bug eggs, and stink bugs are harmful to many of our crops -Durr, Julie. “Roly-Poly Bug Facts.” Sciencing, 2 May, 2018. Web. 9 Sept. 2018. <https://sciencing.com/rolypoly-bug-65144...>

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20gdevivo
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20gdevivo

Maryland, USA

Spotted on Sep 8, 2018
Submitted on Sep 10, 2018

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