Jan 6
Wiggly bug :]
Alternate color versions under the cut
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Wiggly bug :]
Alternate color versions under the cut
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)
This is why using photo reference is so important!!!
Just look at the difference!
The ones on the bottom that used reference look like little friends!
Those are absolutely little guys!!!
Poly Rolly Pollies 💕
3x7 acrylic painting
wild strawberry
La Creatura colony has new moss to snack on!
Moths or rolly pollies (pill bugs) WHICH IS BETTER (and yes Bug Wars will be going on till I have another idea) ROUND TWO
MOTHS
ROLLY POLLIES (pill bugs)
OK OK so last round or the first ever round the moths won against the butterflies but its now the rolly pollies or pill bugs whatever you call em. BUG WARS is what we shall call it. (I know its not to popular but yea)
They've arrived!!!!