This woodlouse, also known as a pill bug or roly-poly, is demonstrating how the species can roll its armored body into a nearly impenetrable sphere when it’s threatened. This woodlouse, also known as ...

It is only here on this island that one of the most peculiar bugs resides, the spiky yellow woodlouse. They are a species of isopod which are commonly referred to as roly-polies or woodlice ...

The Dysderidae family have a wide range of spiders in it such as the woodlouse, and this is what you need to know about it. The woodlouse spider has an orange to dark red colour and consists of ...

It may be small, grey and easy to ignore, but the humble woodlouse is big on personality, according to new research. Dogs can be friendly or hostile, cats aloof or affectionate, and horses moody ...

DR. H. W. HOWARD, in his valuable studies on this isopod, has shown 1 that the sperms can be stored in the females for at least a year and still remain viable. Further, he records that "Eight ...

IN the spring of 1938 Prof. G. E. Hutchinson found a small white blind myrmecophilous sowbug in North Branford, Connecticut. The species was afterwards found in ants' nests in a small tract of ...

Here’s how it works. A colossal, creamy yellow woodlouse relative that has a vague resemblance to Darth Vader has been discovered deep below the ocean surface in the Gulf of Mexico, a new study ...

(a) Cartoon of a woodlouse depicting the hepatopancreas (HP) and the hind gut (HG). (b) Transmission overview of a single HP tubule, showing the helical structure. (c) Section from a HP tubule ...

Slater is the popular name used in Scotland for the woodlouse. There are several different species that live in our gardens and these little creatures are easily recognised. They are normally grey ...