Pill bug

Pill bug  Being called the wood louse and the roly-poly bug, Pill bug is a small, segmented land creature that can roll into a tiny ball for protection. It is not an insect, but is an isopod (another type of arthropod).  Habitat and Distribution:  Pill bugs are found in many biomes about the world, Including moderate forests, rainforests, and grasslands. They prefer wet areas, often living in soil and under decomposing leaves, rocks, and dead firewood.  Life Cycle:  Beginning its life as a tiny egg, the young pill bug looks almost like a miniature adult. As it grows, it molts 4 to 5 times.  Body:  They have three basic body parts, the head, the thorax, and the abdomen (which is also called the pleon). Pill bugs are covered by a hard exoskeleton called the cuticle completed from chitin. Pill bugs have 7 pairs of jointed legs and 2 pairs of antennae (but one pair is barely visible). The antennae, mouth and eyes are located on the top. A pair of abdominal uropods is at the later end of the pill bug, but only the terminal exopods are able to be seen from the top of the pill bug. Pill bugs are less than an inch long.  Foot:  Pill bugs eat decaying plants and animals and some living plants.  Predators:  Pill bugs are eaten by many animals. Their main protection is progressing into a rock-hard ball.  Class:  Kingdom Animalia (animals), Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum Crustacean, Class Malacostraca, Order Isopoda (isopods), Family Armadillidiidae, Genus Armadillidium, Oniscus, etc.