Behavior Lab
Background
Somewhere between an armadillo and a centipede, Armadillidiidae are a very baculiar species of insects. More commonly called rollie pollies, Armadillidiidae are part of the Isopod family and are closely related to some marine animals with similar exoskeletal shells. They are even more similar for their need of water saturated soils, but will die if fully sumerged. With adaptions of gill like features and antenas for directional guidence due to their basic eyes. In the presence of danger the Armadillidiidae will roll up in a tight "ball" protecting their legs and softer more vulnerable underside. After laying eggs, a female Armadillidiidae will keep them in a pouch for up to two months before the babies emerge, often already having an inate ability to roll as their adult counter parts do already. Over the Armadillidiidae's seemingly long life span of up to five years, they will perform their ecological task of being a decomposer. They are also a good food source for some predatory species in the same ecosystems. Because of this, they help return nutrients from decaying organisms back into the soil and a good indicator of the ecosystems stability. As stated earlier, new born Armadillidiidae have an innately aquired ability to walk and roll into a ball if needed. Studies have shown that scoial behaviors have been found to be learned by interacting with other Armadillidiidae. This is especially apparent during scavenging for food when the will "fight" over food by taping each other with their antenas.
Conclusion
This experiment contains several variables. The independant variable is the two soils one wet and one dry soil. The dependant variable is if the Armadillidiidae went to the dry soil or the wet soil. To conclude, the Armadillidiidae prefer the wet soil over the dry soil, due to their gills that use water moisture to breathe.
If the same lab was conducted again on earth worms a similar numbger in each type of soil would occur. This would occur because both earthn worms and Armadillidiidae have similar food sources and sources of nutrients and oxygen. They both breathe through either their skin or expendatures on their skin in which they need water moisture from the soil to breathe.
If the same lab was conducted again on earth worms a similar numbger in each type of soil would occur. This would occur because both earthn worms and Armadillidiidae have similar food sources and sources of nutrients and oxygen. They both breathe through either their skin or expendatures on their skin in which they need water moisture from the soil to breathe.