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Dysderidae, also known as woodlouse hunters, sowbug-eating spiders, and cell spiders, is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1837. [1] [page needed] They are found primarily in Eurasia, extending into North Africa with very few species occurring in South America.
Common names for woodlice vary throughout the English-speaking world. A number of common names make reference to the fact that some species of woodlice can roll up into a ball. Other names compare the woodlouse to a pig. The collective noun is a quabble of woodlice. [9] Common names include:
Armadillidium (/ ɑːr m ə d ɪ ˈ l ɪ d i ə m /) is a genus of the small terrestrial crustacean known as the woodlouse. Armadillidium are also commonly known as pill woodlice, leg pebbles, pill bugs, roly-poly, or potato bugs, and are often confused with pill millipedes such as Glomeris marginata.
Atlantoscia floridana is a species of woodlouse in the family Philosciidae.It is found in North America, Africa, and South America. [1] [2] [3]They can be fragile but are naturally rich in calcium.
An insectarium is a live insect zoo, or a museum or exhibit of live insects. Insectariums often display a variety of insects and similar arthropods, such as spiders, beetles, cockroaches, ants, bees, millipedes, centipedes, crickets, grasshoppers, stick insects, scorpions, mantises and woodlice.
Trichoniscus pusillus, sometimes called the common pygmy woodlouse, is one of the five most common species of woodlice in the British Isles. It is acknowledged to be the most abundant terrestrial isopod in Britain. [3] It is found commonly across Europe north of the Alps, and has been introduced to Madeira, the Azores and North America. [4]
There's no evidence to support the claim that Coca-Cola is a solution for getting rid of head lice. Experts recommend shampoos and medications.
Oniscidae is a family of woodlice, including the common woodlouse Oniscus asellus. Six genera are certainly placed in the family ( Oniscus , Oroniscus , Phalloniscus , Rabdoniscus , Rodoniscus and Sardoniscus ), with eight others included by some sources ( Cerberoides , Diacara , Exalloniscus , Hanoniscus , Hiatoniscus , Hora , Krantzia and ...