Sophie White
Biology 3.1
Background Research:
Slaters belong to the order Isopoda. They are scavengers and omnivores, which mean they eat a variety of food of both animal and plants.
They are nocturnal because they come out at night time and their preferred habitats are in lime-rich soils because they need calcium to build their hard cuticle. They like dark, damp and sheltered places eg logs, leaf litter, rotting wood, under loose tree bark, garden debris, compost heaps, under rocks and bricks
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