Other Critters around the World

 Hi, its me Lily Bit.

Mom and I were crusing FB

this morn and she was explaining

some of these pics to me.

These are called

Armadillidium vulgare

or as mom called

them

Roly-Polies.

This is the info that was

with the pic on FB.

You have already encountered

them when lifting a

brick or a damp object, you may

even have felt

disgust, and even wondered

what nature was

wanting in creating them.

Well, omniscids are a suborder

of terrestrial isopod

crustaceans, whose function

in evolution is to eliminate

heavy metals such as mercury,

cadmium and lead,

which are extremely harmful

to humans, contributing

to the cleaning of soil and

groundwater.

(Don't kill them, don't crush

them, pass this along.)

Mom said that she used to play

with them when she was

young. Funny, it was like

she knew that they were

safe to mess with but

not to harm...

NOT LIKE SPIDERS!

WOW...

We don't see this here

but we do get fireflies.

There again as a kid mom

had a different name for

them. She calls them

Lightening Bugs.

One or two seem to

find their way on the deck

from now and then.

I don't mess with them

but Misty tries to 

catch them.

OH NO, what a mess.

I think we are really lucky.

We have not had these out

at my house. Mom thought

it was time for the 17 yr

cicadas here but realized that

was not the case for Nashville.

Northern states seem to be

getting them, so apparently

their 17 yrs ones are on a different

schedule then we are.

Mom said that is a beach

she would not want to be

on right now.

Can you just see me out

in the yard (mom don't let

me off the screened deck)

with these flying around?

I would be worn out either

tring to catch them, or

running from them!!

Lily Bit