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What do female woodlice look like?
They are flat, oval and uniform grey with a thick, bumpy exoskeleton and have seven body segments, each with a pair of legs. Though they look like millipedes, woodlice are actually crustaceans, related to shrimps and crabs.
Do all woodlice curl into a ball?
Woodlice in the families Armadillidae, Armadillidiidae, Eubelidae, Tylidae and some other genera can roll up into a roughly spherical shape as a defensive mechanism; others have partial rolling ability but most cannot conglobate at all.
What causes a woodlice to change into a female?
The male woodlouse sometimes changes sex, which is not a quality of the female woodlouse. The male woodlouse will change into a female if it is infected with Wolbachia, which is a bacterium that upsets the hormone of the male woodlouse.
How many pairs of legs does a woodlice have?
There is not much in the way of woodlice courtship; just the male tapping the female with his antennae. The female carries her eggsand young in a fluid-filled pouch on her underside, and it takes about two years for the young to reach maturity. On release from the female’s brood pouch the young woodlouse has 6 pairs of legs.
What happens if a woodlice is infected with Wolbachia?
The Wolbachia bacteria will then live on to infect a third generation of woodlice. The male woodlouse sometimes changes sex, which is not a quality of the female woodlouse. The male woodlouse will change into a female if it is infected with Wolbachia, which is a bacterium that upsets the hormone of the male woodlouse.
What makes a female different from a male?
Because her orientation is inward, toward relationships, nurturing, and “nesting,” the female of the species puts a premium on safety and security. To a far greater extent than the male, she values qualities like “dependability” and “trustworthiness” in a potential mate.