Sow bugs are oniscidae or part of the wood louse family.
Bugs that roll up.
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In fact they re not an insect at all.
Most kids have poked a pill bug to watch it roll up into a tight ball.
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Pill bugs eat their own poop.
Unlike pill bugs they can t completely roll up forming a c shape instead.
Pill bugs are often confused with the sow bug oniscus asellus.
Both pill bugs and sow bugs are related and are both part of the crustacea or crustacean family.
This ability gives woodlice in this family their common names of pill bugs or roly polies.
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Armadillidiidae is a family of woodlice a terrestrial crustacean group in the order isopoda unlike members of other woodlouse families members of this family can roll into a ball an ability they share with the outwardly similar but unrelated pill millipedes and other animals.
Pill bugs live around the world.
They also can emit an odor that deters some predators.
In fact many people call them roly polies for just this reason.
Pill bugs are sometimes referred to as rollie pollies.
This name is due to the fact that the pill bug can roll up into a tight ball when disturbed.
Their ability to curl up distinguishes the pill bug from another close relative the sowbug.