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Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet ... Common Name ... Pillbug or Roly-poly...
ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2072.html
The name varies at times, but if you are referring to the grayish insect with many legs that rolls up into a ball when threatened, better known as the "roly poly," then its name is Armadillidium vulgare. It is also known as a sow bug. ... What is the Scientific name for the sow bug? What is the scientific name for a click...
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Insects question: What is the scientific name for a roly poly? Armadillidum vulgare ... What us a roly poly? Real name of roly poly? What is a roly poly bug? Where do roly poly bugs live? Scientific name for roly poly? Scientific name for a roly poly? What does a roly-poly look like? What is a Roly Poly's life cycle?
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Armadillidiidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Armadillidiidae is a family of woodlice, a terrestrial crustacean group in the order Isopoda. Unlike members of the family Porcellionidae, members of this family can roll into a ball, giving them the...
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Woodlouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A woodlouse (known by many common names; see below), (plural woodlice) is a crustacean with a rigid, segmented, long exoskeleton and fourteen jointed limbs. Woodlice form the suborder Oniscidea wi...
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ADW doesn't cover all species in the world, nor does it include all the latest scientific information about organisms we describe. Though we edit our accounts for accuracy, we cannot guarantee all information in those accounts.
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Oh thank you for your roly poly advise! ... The creatures I've always called rolly-pollies look like little slugs, but when you touch them, they roll up into a ball. Don't know what their scientific name is.
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The Rollicking Life of the Roly-Poly ... When Katalin Szlavecz starts talking about a recent scientific meeting she attended in Europe, she pauses. "I get this look all the time--'You mean there are other people who study them?'" Szlavecz says, laughing.
www.jhu.edu/jhumag/0901web/roly.html www.jhu.edu/jhumag/0901web/roly.html
Three body parts: head, thorax, abdomen ... One prominent pair of antennae (one inconspicuous pair) ... Seven pairs of legs...
insected.arizona.edu/isoinfo.htm insected.arizona.edu/isoinfo.htm