roll into a ball‚ ability they share with the outwardly similar but unrelated pill millipedes and other animals. It is this ability which gives woodlice in this family their common name of pill bugs‚[1] doodle bugs‚ or roly polies. The best-known species in the family is Armadillidium vulgare‚ the common pill bug. The Classification of the sow or rollie polys: Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans) Class Malacostraca (Malacostracans) Superorder
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Lap Report: Pill Bugs Abstract The sow bug‚ also called the pill bug‚ is an isopod that does not have a wide range of items that it likes to eat. In the experiment we were trying to see how the pill bug reacted with certain man made substances and two substances that they would find in their everyday habitat. We tested ketchup‚ orange juice‚ sand‚ baking soda‚ flour and water. The pill bugs did not like the ketchup and orange juice I believe because of the strong acidic smell and it didn’t
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the rise of super bugs such as Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus becomes more apparent. That is why it is important to carefully follow the instructions given to you when prescribed antibiotics. The feature of this article will be antibiotics as well as Antibiotic resistance. The article will also talk about correct usage and doctor over use and abuse. Intended for the understanding of the article‚ bacteria and super bugs will also be discussed. Bacteria-Super bugs Bacteria are tiny
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Bugs Bunny Bugs Bunny‚ the creation of the Looney Tunes‚ has been called everything from "classic" to "perennial" to "an American institution" to "one of our national heroes"--and "wascally wabbit‚" "long-eared galoot‚" and a lot of other things besides! But most of us just like to call him Bugs. Bugs was voted the most popular in the entire short-subject field in the United States and Canada for the year 1945‚ and then stayed in the Number One spot for the next 16 years straight. Today Bugs
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What is small and brown with eight sticky legs and just wants to find a warm‚ safe place to live in for the winter? If you guessed a Brown Marmorated Stink Bug‚ you are correct. The stink bug is shield- shaped‚ and usually shades of brown. In Virginia this year the number of stink bugs has increased‚ “coming back this year in alarming numbers‚” NBC29 news Tom Costello said. They are infesting our homes more and more. Stinkbugs were first introduced to the US ten years ago when they came from Asia
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Current Events Article In the article “Asian stink bugs are here” it describes introduced specie called the stink bug that has invaded Maryland. The brown stink bug is an invasive insect species from Asia‚ and was first reported in Allentown‚ Pennsylvania in 1998. They are an insect that comes out in the autumn‚ but during the winter season they will try to slip under siding or shutters‚ or go through vents and windows to find shelter. After hiding out in our houses for the winter‚ they get
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interesting facts about the pill bug. The pill bug is also known as sowbugs‚ woodlice‚ or by their scientific name Armadillidiidae vulgare . Some of their physical characteristics include a hard black‚ brown‚ or gray shell (depending on the species being studied)‚ sharply angled antennae‚ seven pairs of legs‚ flattened or round-backed profile and an oval shape. Their head has 4 pairs of mouthparts and is followed by the 7 main trunk segments‚ which bear the walking limbs. Pill bugs only grow from 0.2 inches
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Assessment The structural features of the pill bug allows it to have advantages over other organisms. The pillbugs multi-segmented body allows it to roll into a ball if it feels threatened or in danger in order to protect its self. Another advantage of have a multi-segmented body is it allows the pillbug to semi curl to flip its self back over if it is knocked down. The antennae is used to sense the environment around it‚ even if it is in ball shape form. The advantages of this is the pillbug
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Tuason‚ Cyrille Marvin P 2013104904 A Bug’s Life In the beginning of the film‚ it started with the ant colony getting and placing all food in a single place. They are preoccupied by traditional agricultural labor‚ an illustration of an economy needing workers to do the labor because there is scarcity of resources so they need to maintain the amount of food for the colony. This is a depiction of a farmer living on a farm and must harvest his crops to have production and resources for his
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Bradis McGriff ENVS10 Dr. Williams Rough Draft March 16‚ 2006 What Are We Really Eating? Everything that we eat has some form of an unnatural chemical in the product. As of late I have been considering only eating organic foods because not only is it healthier‚ but it is safer. In this term paper I am going to examine a few aspects of organic food. First I will examine what is organic food and what makes it organic? How does the prices of organic food compare to inorganic foods? And
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