Isopod

I like a clean home, and one morning as I was sweeping, I found a rolled-up little crustacean in my home. It was a pillbug or isopod, also known as a roly-poly. Having never seen one up close, I decided to place it somewhere dark and quiet and watch it for a while. After a …

Isopods are detritivores, which translates to they will eat anything! Isopods are known as nature’s garbage disposals. They will even eat nonfood items such as cardboard, hair, animal fur, etc.   What Do Isopods Eat? A healthy diet for isopods includes dried shrimp and fish flakes for protein, eggshells, and cuttlebone for calcium, and a …

Chances are that when you think about a sow bug, it will match the description of Armadilidium vulgare. This species goes by many names, including the Common pill bug, Doodle bug, Potato bug, and the roly-poly. Out of all the isopods, this is the most intensely studied terrestrial species.  Isopods are not insects but arthropods …