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Woodlice, or roly-polies, are terrestrial isopods in the suborder Oniscidea. Their name comes from their common habitat in old wood and the word “louse,” though they are neither parasitic nor insects.
Woodlice, or roly-polies, are terrestrial isopods in the suborder Oniscidea. Their name comes from their common habitat in old wood and the word “louse,” though they are neither parasitic nor insects.