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The crustaceans among us

By adamg on Sat, 07/09/2022 - 11:03am

Cambridge Day brings us up to speed on roly-poly little pill bugs, which aren't actually bugs but are instead the only crustaceans that live on land (with gills, even).

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Wildlife
insects
Pill bugs


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By mg on Sat, 07/09/2022 - 2:19pm.

And they have pouches like marsupials for the newly hatched to stay in for their first weeks.

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By Michael Kerpan on Sun, 07/10/2022 - 10:13pm.

... I loved these little critters. I am sure my love was not reciprocated, as I probably traumatized them.

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By schneidz on Sat, 07/09/2022 - 5:50pm.

but they are still bugs/pests (like spiders).

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By Tim Mc. on Sat, 07/09/2022 - 8:00pm.

and spiders aren't either.

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By SwirlyGrrl on Tue, 07/12/2022 - 6:40pm.

They are called potato bugs. Eeka - help me out here!!!

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By HenryAlan 2.0 on Wed, 07/13/2022 - 1:49pm.

And does it really exclude these cute little guys? I mean, they definitely aren't insects, but I thought bugs described all creepy, crawly, land based exoskeleton critters.

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By HenryAlan 2.0 on Wed, 07/13/2022 - 1:57pm.

Pill bugs do not have iron-based hemoglobin in their blood like we do; instead their blood contains hemocyanin, which relies on copper to transport oxygen.

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By schneidz on Mon, 07/25/2022 - 7:15am.

... police riding in a cruiser.

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