{"id":930,"date":"2016-06-01T08:41:47","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T14:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bouldercountyopenspace.org\/i\/?p=930"},"modified":"2024-03-04T09:31:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T16:31:10","slug":"roly-poly-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bouldercountyopenspace.org\/i\/nature-detectives\/roly-poly-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Roly-poly Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wild critters tend to run, hop, slither or fly away before you can observe them up-close or\u00a0for very long. Most are difficult or impossible for a kid to catch. Many could be dangerous\u00a0if you do get near them.<\/p>\n<p>Happily, roly-polies are not dangerous. They don\u2019t bite, sting, poke or pinch, and\u00a0instead of running away, they form an easy-to-pick-up, hard ball when you touch\u00a0them. Roly-polies live interesting lives in yards and gardens near you. Gather up\u00a0some raisin-size roly-polies and see what you can detect about them.<\/p>\n<p>Hold one gently, and it might unroll and begin to walk on your hand. Study its legs and the\u00a0overlapping plates on its back. The plates make up the roly-poly exoskeleton. The plates on\u00a0their back are hardest and act like armor to protect their softer belly and legs from enemies.<\/p>\n<h2>A Roly-poly Is a Pill Bug &#8211; Not a Sow Bug<\/h2>\n<p>Another common name for roly-poly is pill bug because the rolled-up critter looks a bit like a\u00a0pill. When you search for pill bugs, you might find crawlers that look very similar. If they run\u00a0rather than roll up, they are sow bugs. Sow bugs are closely related to pill bugs, but they\u00a0cannot roll up. Sow bugs have a flatter body than pill bugs, and they\u00a0have two tiny appendages that stick out behind like short tails.<\/p>\n<h2>Pill Bugs and Sow Bugs Are Both Crustaceans<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-931 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bouldercountyopenspace.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/crustaceans-300x263.png\" alt=\"crustaceans\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bouldercountyopenspace.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/crustaceans-300x263.png 300w, https:\/\/bouldercountyopenspace.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/crustaceans-768x674.png 768w, https:\/\/bouldercountyopenspace.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/crustaceans.png 857w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Have you eaten any crustaceans? Shrimp, lobsters and crabs are all\u00a0crustaceans. Most crustaceans live in the ocean or very near it.\u00a0Pill bugs and sow bugs live totally on land.<\/p>\n<p>Compare a roly-poly (pill bug) with a picture\u00a0of a lobster or a crayfish. (Northern crayfish\u00a0are freshwater crustaceans living in our<br \/>\narea).<\/p>\n<p>Do you see any similarities?\u00a0What differences do you see?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bouldercounty.org\/os\/culture\/NatureDetectives\/2016b.pdf\"  >Continue Reading &amp; Download the Print Edition <i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"clearfix\"><i class=\"fa fa-bug fa-lg\"><\/i> Nature Detectives Library<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">Every past issue of Nature Detectives can be found in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bouldercounty.org\/os\/culture\/pages\/natdetect.aspx#naturedetectiveslibrary\">Nature\u00a0Detectives\u00a0Library<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wild critters tend to run, hop, slither or fly away before you can observe them up-close or\u00a0for very long. Most are difficult or impossible for a kid to catch. Many could be dangerous\u00a0if you do get near them. Happily, roly-polies are not dangerous. 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