SOW BUGS ARE NOT LITTLE ARMADILLOS

Sow bugs are not little armadillos.  Sow bugs are isopods not insects.   What is an isopod you may ask?  An isopod is a crustacean.  Shrimp and crayfish are crustaceans also.  Do sow bugs taste like shrimp?  I don't know.  I have never eaten shrimp.      WHERE DO THEY LIVE  They live in dark moist places.  Sow bugs can be found under rocks, boards any damp place will do.  They can be found in your basement.   Not mine.  They need the dampness because they breath with gills.  WHAT DO THEY EAT They feed on dead and decaying plants turning organic material into  compost.  They are part of natures recycling process.    In a greenhouse envrioment they will feed on young plants. SOW BUGS have three body parts.    Their body consists of a head, a thorax and an abdomen.  - seven pair of legs - One prominent pair of antennae (one inconspicuous pair) -  Simple eyes  -  Seven separate segments on thorax - Paired appendages at end of abdomen called uropods.                                                              On the next page you will see photos that I took of my favorite SOW BUG.  Feel free to take and use these pictures.  Thanks for looking.  Lenny (Mr. SOW BUG) Tatara.

I am NOT an insect, I'm an ISOPOD. Honest Abe.

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