Most are grayish, and grow to about 9/16 inch (15 mm) long and 5/16 inch (8 mm) wide. The pill bug, on the other hand, has a rounder back from side to side, and a deeper body from back to legs. Their color varies, but is usually grayish brown, and they reach less than 1 inch (2.5 cm) in length at maturity. As members of the Class Crustacea, they are closely related to lobsters, crabs and shrimp.
In cooking, a syrup or sirup (from Arabic: Ø´Ø±Ø§Ø¨ â; sharÄb, beverage, wine, via Latin: sirupus) is a condiment that is a thick, viscous liquid consisting primarily of a solution of sugar in water, containing a large amount of dissolved sugars but showing little tendency to deposit crystals.ike bar syrups, it is a 2:1 sugar and water mixture, but has an added ingredient of gum arabic. Gomme syrup is made with the highest percentage of sugar to water possible, while the gum arabic prevents the sugar from crystallizing and adds a smooth texture.
Maple syrup is a syrup usually made from the xylem sap of sugar maple, red maple, or black maple trees, although it can also be made from other maple species.In cold climates, these trees store starch in their trunks and roots before the winter; the starch is then converted to sugar that rises in the sap in the spring. maple syrup production farm is called a  sugarbush  or sugarwood. Sap is often boiled in a  sugar house  (also known as a sugar shack, sugar shanty, or cabane a Ã ), sucre a building louvered at the top to vent the steam from the boiling. Sap maples are usually tapped beginning at 30 to 40 years of. age