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 Pill Bug (Isopoda)
Prevalence : Widespread
Appearance : Not more than 3/4 inch long; thorax composed of seven hard overlapping plates with seven pairs of legs; only pill bugs are able to roll up into a ball.
 
Habits : Prefer moist locations; found under objects on damp ground; mostly nocturnal; sometimes found in basements and ground levels of structures.
 
Diet : Decaying vegetable matter.

Reproduction : Female gives birth to between 24 and 28 young per brood; usually one to three generations a year; may live as long as two years.

Other Information : Pill bugs and related sow bugs are the only crustaceans that have become completely adapted to living their whole life on land.

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