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Anonymous
Woodlouse is the common name or if you want to go all classification sub order Oniscidea. They are many varieties of them.
They are Detritivores feeding mostly on dead leaves, wood, molds, fungus, fruit and veg. If you find alot of them indoors they will mostly stick to damp places and will die from dehydration and lack of food (since most of their moisture comes from the food). If you get alot of them inside you probably have a damp problem.
Whats interesting about them is they make excellent cleaners for certain pets. I keep a few types of insect in plastic boxes in my room. Since I'm lasy and can't be bothered cleaning you the tanks and moldy food constantly I chuck a load of soil in and some woodlouse and they generally take care of any mold problems. So long as I keep they enclosures damp they breed like crazy.
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