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Zoosphaerium neptunus, also known as the giant emerald pill millipede, is a species of millipede within the family Arthrosphaeridae. [1] Its size is an example of island gigantism , [ 2 ] it being the largest known pill-millipede in the world, with some individuals reaching a maximum length of 90 mm (3.5 inches) long. [ 2 ]
Pill millipedes are relatively short-bodied compared to most other millipedes, with only eleven to thirteen body segments, [2] and are capable of rolling into a ball when disturbed, as a defense against predators. This ability evolved separately in each of the two orders, making it a case of convergent evolution, rather than homology.
Pill bugs in the family Armadillidiidae are able to form their bodies into a ball shape, in a process known as conglobation. Conglobation has evolved independently in several families; this behaviour is shared with pill millipedes (which are often confused with pill bugs), [ 8 ] armadillos , cuckoo wasps , and some extinct trilobites . [ 9 ]
The giant isopods are noted for their resemblance to the much smaller common woodlouse (pill bug), to which they are related. [3] French zoologist Alphonse Milne-Edwards was the first [4] to describe the genus in 1879 [5] after his colleague Alexander Agassiz collected a juvenile male B. giganteus from the Gulf of Mexico.
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Several spider species attacked both the eggs and adult stink bugs. The Joro spider, another invasive Asian species, was identified in Georgia in 2015, and is a natural predator of the stink bug. [72] Pill bugs eat stink bug eggs. [73] Arilus cristatus, however, was the most voracious predator and attacked the eggs and adults more consistently ...
Zoosphaerium album, also known as the giant opal pill millipede, is a species of pill millipede within the family Arthrosphaeridae and order Sphaerotheriida. [1] It is an endemic species, found only within the Vohibasia forest of Western Madagascar. The species name album, refers to the white colouration of the pill millipedes exoskeleton. [2]
Armadillidium vulgare, the common pill-bug, potato bug, common pill woodlouse, roly-poly, slater, doodle bug, or carpenter, is a widespread European species of woodlouse. It is the most extensively investigated terrestrial isopod species. [ 2 ]