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ISOPODS. ASK ME ABOUT ISOPODS.

Known as: Rolly pollies, pill bugs, doodle bugs, potato bugs, curly bugs, sow bugs, penny sows, woodlouse, wood lice, wood bugs, wood pig, chiggipigs, cheesybugs, tomato bugs, armadillo bugs, carpenters, carpenter's flea, boat builders, slaters, smooth Randy's, cellar bugs, bed pissers, twiddle bugs, cement bugs, bench biters.

- sow bugs aren't pill bugs, even though they look similar! Distinct difference is that they don't roll up, are flatter, and have a 'tail'

- a lot of these names are associated with both species as it can be hard to tell the difference at a glance / they tend to inhabit the same areas

- they belong to the Armadillidiidae family in the order Isopoda, a group of crustaceans called isopods

- land dwelling(terrestrial) crustaceans

- have larger aquatic counterparts

- not actually a bug at all, more closely related to lobsters

- 18 recognized genera; Alloschizidium, Armadillidium, Ballodillium, Cristarmadillidium, Cyphodillidium, Echinarmadillidium, Eleoniscus, Eluma, Estenarmadillidium, Paraschizidium, Paxodillidium, Platanosphaera, Schizidium, Trichodillidium, Troglarmadillidium, Trogleluma, Typhlarmadillidium, and Iberiarmadillidium.

- they remove heavy metals from the soil and eat other decaying matter because they're detritivores<333

- they can roll up (conglobation) because of their pleopod muscles and have multiple sections in their exoskeleton that overlap (tergites)

Today’s Isopod is:

The Harford’s Isopod

Aega harfordi, Cirolana harfordi and Cirolana toyamaensis.

It’s been a hot minute since I made an isopost, and Harfords Isopod is a wonderful reason to post!

There are 48 genera of these cuties. They’re an aquatic species that can be described as both a scavenger and hunter. They use their adorable antennules to pick up the scent of food. Things like polychaetes and crustaceans. They have also been known to attack full on fish and cause problems for fisheries. It’s believed they have the ability to sense when an animal is sick or dying and will parasitize them. Just one meal can sustain them for three weeks. They’re found along beaches, rocky shores, mussel beds, mangroves and lagoons. They’ve got a discontinuous range all about the North Pacific. In the eastern pacific British Columbia to San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur. They’ve also been introduced into Australian waters, where they are considered invasive. They range from about 1-2 cms long (0.393701 -0.8 inches). They’ve got a lovely oval shape and are white, with tiny brown dots covering them, making them appear tan. They’ve also got big ol peepers, which makes them more distinctive from other similar pods. They’re considered least concern and a fairly common isopod

Overall a delightful scavenger/hunter isopod. I hope I find one in the wild someday

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literally just so obsessed with them. like. this is an isopod

friendly neighborhood rolly poly

and this is an isopod!

dairy cow isopods!

and they’re so so fascinating because they breath through GILLS and they live on LAND but they’re like bugs even though theyr technically NOT

BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO AN ISOPOD

WOWWWWW

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hey babe there's some roly polies out here, do you wanna come look at them?

#my husband said this to me #romance #isopod posting

This came to me at 4 am one night, so I made it into a sticker. Now you can have a little isopod friend with you wherever you want! Slap this little buddy on a laptop, waterbottle, stop sign, whatever! Also available on t-shirts and mugs and stuff on my redbubble