I live in Southern Illinois, about an hour east of STL. Once when I was very young, I overturned a rock and found a cluster of very small bugs. They all were roundish, or beetle shaped and had a tuft of white fuzz esentially covering thier backs. Can anyone tell me what these were? I assume they were the larva of something, but I don't know what.
2007-11-13 07:13:29 · 2 answers · asked by Free A 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Nope not pill bugs.(pill bugs are not crusteatans either...they are isopods :) ) Not any kind of ordinary bug you find when you go around turning over rocks. That is why I remembered them.
2007-11-14 06:15:24 · update #1
Closest I can think of right now are pillbugs, which are not insects but land crustaceans. Other idea is some kind of grub or larvae. I live in the same general area, in O'Fallon and have overturned quite a few rocks as a kid. Mostly what I find are pillbugs, grubs, wolf spiders, ants or termites.
2007-11-13 07:28:16 · answer #1 · answered by Todd 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
isopods ARE crustaceans. ;)
i cant think of what you would have seen off hand.
2007-11-15 15:12:40 · answer #2 · answered by ulri6129 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋