Pest Organisms / Common Pillbug
Biology
for Common Pillbug
A female pillbug carries her eggs in a fluid-filled brood pouch, the marsupium, on her underside; each batch holds roughly 100 to 200 eggs that hatch in about three to four weeks. Source: https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN1099 The tiny young, called mancas, linger in the pouch for another week or two before crawling out on their own. Source: https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN1099 A female may raise one to three broods a year, and adults are long-lived for their size, surviving two to five years. Source: https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN1099