Woodlice are the greatest pests the mushroom-grower has to dispose of, and the most effective way of getting rid of them is by destroying them with boiling water.
But the snails and woodlice she slew ruthlessly that her uncle might presently come by his five pounds' value of fruit.
The woodlice were already ruining the young nectarines.
The antennules have only a single branch, and in the Woodlice are very small.
Woodlice occur in most regions of the globe, and one of the most remarkable features of their geographical distribution is the extremely wide range of certain species.
The presence of air-tubes in the pleopods of many Woodlice raises some questions which are of importance with reference to the classification of the Arthropoda as a whole.
Woodlice dropped into this weak spirit become gradually narcotised and die, and they remain limp enough for purposes of examination or to allow, of their legs and antennae being set out during the process of mounting.
Below is a scheme of classification and synopsis of the characters of British genera of woodlice which we have compiled in order to render easy the determination of the genus to which any particular specimen may belong.
No paper upon woodlice by this author is known, but he is quoted in Panzer's Deutschlands Insecten (51), which see.
The broad body, which is much flattened, and the very thick antennae distinguish Platyarthrus from the other small woodlice (Trichoniscidae).
There seems to be considerable evidence that even in modern times Woodlice have had considerable remedial effect which depends upon "an alkalescent fluid" contained in them.
We shall now consider in detail the British genera and species of woodlice and give their synonymy and distribution.
Many points in the life-history ofwoodlice may no doubt be learned by keeping them in captivity and there is just sufficient difficulty in doing this successfully to give an interest to the matter.
The various genera of woodlice are connected together so closely, by intermediate forms, that their division into families is, to a very great extent, arbitrary.
We ought not to conclude this account without mentioning the fact that woodlice once played an important part in medicine.
Yet it is quite clear that the ants deliberately sanction the residence of the weevils and woodlice in their nests, for any unauthorised intruder would immediately be set upon and massacred outright.
Woodlice hibernate under any convenient shelter; in the spring, eggs are produced and carried by the female on the under side of the body until the youngwoodlice hatch.
Since woodlice are terrestrial gill-breathing animals, moisture is essential for them, and it is in moist places that they abound.
The best method of control is garden sanitation, all rubbish likely to harbour the woodlice being removed.
In this respect, also, must be mentioned the use of stable and barnyard manure, in which pests such as insect larvae, woodlice and eelworms are introduced; artificial fertilisers are therefore safer.
Woodlice are so well known, that but little description is necessary here.
In some of the terrestrial Isopoda or woodlice (Oniscoidea) the abdominal appendages have ramified tubular invaginations of the integument, filled with air and resembling the tracheae of insects.
A terrestrial habitat is less common, but the widely-distributed land Isopoda or woodlice and the land-crabs of tropical regions have solved the problem of adaptation to a subaerial life.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "woodlice" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
