الجمعة، 27 أبريل 2012

Armadillidium ("pill bugs") are not insects


They are woodlice, which are arthropods (crustaceans), but not insects.  The number of legs should be a giveaway in making that distinction, but I'll admit I must have made this mistake on many occasions.  Discussed at Reddit.

I didn't find an explanation of the etymology of "armadillidium."  It should be interesting (related to armadillo?).

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