Pill Bug Behaviors Lab

Pill Bug Behaviors Patricia Full Tiana Crosby P. D. 4-5 9/20/2012 Introduction The pill bug is the only crustaceans that can surpass its entire life on land. Their shells look like armor and they be known for their ability to roll into a ball. Sometimes children call them roly-polies. more or less pill bugs live for up to two years. They are most restless at night. Pill bugs do not bite, sting or send off diseases. They are perfectly safe to handle and are the perfect specimens for this taste. This experiment is to test the reactions and ways of pill bugs when put in different environments and environmental situations.In the test it was tested how they reacted when 2 different sources of food that were put into the environment which was the election chamber. The 2 foods we used were an apple and a piece of celery. I reason out by previous observations that the pill bugs would prefer the apple which is sweet all over the acidulous celery. Materials and procedure * 10-20 p otato bugs * 1 choice chamber * 1 petri dish * 1 apple * 1 stick of celery * blockade watch 1. Get a choice chamber and collect the bugs 2. skim up the apple and celery and set them in the opposite sides of the chambers 3. Put 5 potato bugs in one chamber 5 in another 4.Observe noting the info for 10 minutes recording any half a minute(30 seconds) Conclusion In this experiment we studied the behavior of pill bugs in different situations. In the situation we put 2 different food sources in the choice chamber and let the bugs decide. The data supported my hypothesis that the bugs would prefer the sweet apple over the bitter celery. At the beginning we put 5 in each chamber and let them decide which they wanted. It showed that by the end of the test all or most of the bugs were in the apple chamber eating the apple. It proves my hypothesis as valid. ( For questions see attachment)