Pillbugs
Armadillidium
Also known as: Leg Peggle · Pill Woodlouse · Roly-poly · Lesser Armadillo Pill Woodlice · Euro-mediterranean Pill Woodlice
Animalia
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 2-3 yrs
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Colony
- Biome
- Temperate forest
- Range
- Worldwide
- Movement
- Walking
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Armor
- Status
- Common
About
The classic roly-poly: a land-living crustacean, not an insect, that curls into a tight armored ball when disturbed. Pillbugs shelter under logs and stones in damp gardens, breathe through gill-like plates that must stay moist, and quietly recycle dead leaves and wood — even reclaiming heavy metals from the soil as they feed.
Life cycle
- 1.juvenileA juvenile crustacean takes adult form after its larval phase, growing in stages between molts.
- 2.adultFully grown at adult size and full hard shell.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Isopoda
- Family
- Armadillidiidae
- Genus
- Armadillidium