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Photo by long-island15
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Field Notes

Description:

rounded back with plates. many legs darker on top than around the edge.

Habitat:

tennis court at school.

Notes:

It was just crawling around after school.

Species ID Suggestions

Common Pill Bug

Armadillidiidae

Reference Link
eking7979
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Comments (2)
mainemonkeylovah
pill bugs migrated here from china!!! they climbed on the backs of dogs being shipped over during the revolutionary war ... just kidding
JeffSchilling
Very common where I live... I only know them as a "pill bug". They usually ball up when they are scared.

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Global Schoolyard Bioblitz!
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PublishedMay 3, 2012

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