woodlouse

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any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body

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"We received no further complaints of condensation until the beginning of this month and were not contacted regarding any woodlice infestation.
Exercising the full force of the law against these woodlice, who try to scurry away and hide when exposed to the light, is.
Samples also revealed several new species of deep-sea creatures thriving on the whale's remains, including a 'bone-eating zombie worm' known as Osedax burrowing into the bones and a new species of isopod crustacean, similar to woodlice, crawling over the skeleton.
A few mites are also included, and even fewer woodlice, millipedes, and others.
Cameras then delve beneath the ice to unearth prehistoric giant sea spiders and woodlice before meeting back up with Attenborough at the South Pole, where he retraces the routes taken by early explorers.
Small scale domestic composting relies on brandling worms, various fungal organisms, woodlice, slugs and, to a much less extent, bacteria.
A pesticide spraying operation carried out two weeks ago failed to work, but a second one using a new formula has killed off the woodlice.
"Where the hell am I going to get 35 woodlice and a handful of cockroaches from?"
It all comes back to woodlice crawling out of frozen firewood, the
There are 37 different species of woodlice in the UK
Your home can also be invaded by woodlice, woodworm, silverfish, earwings and cockroaches.
Meanwhile, the word mokritsy, different only by one consonant cluster from mokrinky, means woodlice. You see the trouble.
Commonly known as woodlice, sow bugs or pillbugs, they are widely distributed through the state.