Rolly Pollies or Pill bugs are not insects, but crustaceans like shrimp or crabs. They have seven pairs of legs, are hatched from eggs, and require a moist habitat. Their prefered diet is rotting vegetation but will eat tender leaf shoots.
The roly poly goes by many names-pillbug, wood louse, armadillo bug, potato bug.
Though they're often associated with insects and are referred to as "bugs," pillbugs actually belong to the subphylum Crustacea.
They're much more closely related to shrimp and crayfish than to any kind of insect.
Like their marine cousins, terrestrial pillbugs use gill-like structures to exchange gases. They require moist environments to breathe, but cannot survive being submerged in water.
Like crabs and other crustaceans, pillbugs tote their eggs around with them.
Though pillbugs do drink the old-fashioned way-with their mouthparts-they can also take in water through their rear ends.
A poked pillbug will roll up into a tight ball. In fact, many people call them roly polies for just this
reason.
Pillbugs have hemocyanin in their blood. Unlike hemoglobin, which contains iron, hemocyanin contains copper ions. When oxygenated, pillbug blood appears blue.
Hadley, Debbie. "10 Fascinating Facts About Pillbugs."
No they are not. Insects have 6 legs and rolly pollies have 14 legs (7 on each pair)
yes they do the mother cares them under her stomach
No not from what I've read if I remember they are herbivores
No they only eat compost and dead plants, they're fine and can be fun to watch!
They don't move and turn a white-ish color depending how long they been dead
rolly pollies eat lettuce
No they are not. Insects have 6 legs and rolly pollies have 14 legs (7 on each pair)
yes they can
Rolly pollies use their antennas for feeling their way around nature. They also use them to locate their food sources.
The scientific name for rolly pollies is Pocellio scaber
yes, in the wild, they LIVE with one another.
How do you kill rollie pollies
About double the size of the beetle itself
yes they are they break up food and eat it
No, but they won't last long.
yes they do the mother cares them under her stomach
they come out somewhere in the fall