Rollie Pollie Awareness

[February Beetle]

I asked my Zoology teacher when we were learning about arthropodes and the differences between centipedes and millipedes how you would classify a rollie pollie =
a Crustacean? really?
crazy. So I guess it is a land evolved crustacean, so gills or being able to live in water is not a definite characteristic of crustaceans? I just thought that was very interesting and since phylogeny is kind of a debatable subject what other information people had about these little arthropods.

[iri_black]

Isopoda, suborder Oniscidea - I think it's the only suborder of Crustaceans adapted to life on land

[MrMistery]

Rollie pollie? Very interesting name. It is the first time i hear it. What does it look like?

[123Herpatology]

i'ts about 1/2 inch in length, usually greyish black in color. The exoskeleton its made up of plates that overlap so that the insect can perform its main defensive position, which is basically rolling up into a ball hense the "rollie" part of its name. i have no idea what order it's in...i could use some information about it that's for sure.

[iri_black]

http://www.purviance.com/photos/bugs/pillbug1.htm
I used to play with it when I was little

[MrMistery]

they live in our country?

[Zachthemac]

If you think rollie pollies are cool, check out their big cousins:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_isopod

[MrMistery]

@Zachthemac
I wouldn't play with that. it's far from cute...

By the way, congratulations on having 70 WU's done at folding@home. I am still struggling with a huge one which took 40 days

[hurly]

Haha, so cute and pinkish

[February Beetle]

oh my goodness that is a crazy animal.

[Poison]

I'd prefer a cat.

[MrMistery]

I'd prefer an anaconda than living under the same roof with that thing. it looks kinda evil...