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Isopods are a diverse group of invertebrates that includes pill bugs and woodlice, among others, and are part of the larger category of crustaceans, a category best known for including crabs, lobsters and shrimp.
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Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2025
Only, the mutant pill bugs who call the place home aren’t going to eat him.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2025
In an early scene, he is set upon by a shrieking, skittering swarm of creepers—imagine giant, whitish pill bugs with huge mandibles—and expects to be devoured (and resurrected) within seconds.
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Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
Control snails, slugs and roly-polies (aka pill bugs) with Sluggo Plus, an iron phosphate product that is not toxic to birds, mammals (including us), caterpillars, butterflies, etc.
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Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2024
With their very real and not science fiction system, the researchers were able to successfully determine that pill bugs can exert about 10 micronewtons of force through their legs, which is about the same as what has been estimated using other techniques.
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IEEE Spectrum,
24 Nov. 2022
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Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2025
Only, the mutant pill bugs who call the place home aren’t going to eat him.
—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2025
In an early scene, he is set upon by a shrieking, skittering swarm of creepers—imagine giant, whitish pill bugs with huge mandibles—and expects to be devoured (and resurrected) within seconds.
—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
Control snails, slugs and roly-polies (aka pill bugs) with Sluggo Plus, an iron phosphate product that is not toxic to birds, mammals (including us), caterpillars, butterflies, etc.
—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2024
With their very real and not science fiction system, the researchers were able to successfully determine that pill bugs can exert about 10 micronewtons of force through their legs, which is about the same as what has been estimated using other techniques.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
24 Nov. 2022
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“Pill bug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pill%20bug. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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