Isopod-Pill Bug by ShadowsNTime
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Description
In all the years I have seen these little bugs I always thought they were called waterbugs, because they are found in wet places. And to my surprise when I took this picture, their little shell is reflective! If you look close you can see the house behind me in his 'armor'. Their actual common name is Pill Bug. Here is some info on them..
Pill Bug:Isopod
Life Cycle: A pill bug begins its life as a tiny egg. The young pill bug looks almost like a miniature adult. As it grows, it molts (sheds its old, outgrown exoskeleton) 4 to 5 times.
The Anatomy: Pill bugs are covered by a hard exoskeleton (also called the cuticle) made from chitin. They have three basic body parts, the head (which is fused to the first segment of the thorax), the thorax (the 7 segments of the thorax that are not fused to the head are called the pereon), and the abdomen (which is also called the pleon). Pill bugs have 7 pairs of jointed legs and 2 pairs of antennae (but one pair is barely visible). The antennae, mouth and eyes are located on the head. A pair of abdominal uropods are at the posterior end of the pill bug, but only the terminal exopods are visible from the top of the pill bug. Pill bugs are less than an inch long.
Their Diet: Pill bugs eat decaying plants and animals and some living plants. Info found at Enchanted Learning.com
Thanks for looking and previous comments! I cropped and zoomed this image a bit for better viewing.
Comments (15)
Nice capture and image, well done...
We use to call them doodle bugs in the south.Nice shot Lynn
yes you can! KEWL! very military looking: ) alex
In England we call them Woodlice.
Superb shot.
excellent capture of this little guy, great work !!
Yep it's Woodlice or Woodlouse in Wales too!!
Great spotting this fellow. He is almost the same color as the stones around him. Looks nasty though!!! :)
Don't know you saw him, Lynn. He totally blends in with the rocks. Great capture of the little critter.
I love these creatures! But when my son was about 4 I found him in the garden making them roll up and then popping them into his mouth like sweeties! When I was little I used them as silver ball cake decorations on my mud cakes that I iced with runny shiny mud. The only trouble was they used to wander off and leave tracks in my perfect surface.
This is an excellent image. 5+.
Gee...I almost feel left out - I've NEVER seen one of these before! Thanks for the education! :-)
We call them Roley Pole lies lol
we call them rolly pollies also.I moved some stones last night and there were probably 50 of the buggers
cute, i like bugs, and they are super cute! :))